in-law vs relative-in-law

in-law

noun
  • A relative by marriage (or through affinity). 

  • Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare. 

relative-in-law

noun
  • Co-relative-in-law: A relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage. 

  • A relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage. 

How often have the words in-law and relative-in-law occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )