love and affection

love and affection
n.
The emotional support and kind feelings shared by close relatives such as parents and children or husbands and wives; love and affection can serve as adequate consideration for a gift between relatives.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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