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Barrister as a member of the family? (7-2-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brother-in-law

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'family?' is the definition.
(I know that relative can be written as brother-in-law)

'barrister as a member of' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
'member' could be 'brother' (brother is a kind of member) and 'brother' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for brother-in-law that I've seen before include "Family member by marriage" , "Relative by marriage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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