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Antipelargia
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Antipelargia, an ancient law whereby children were obliged to furnish necessaries to their aged parents. The ciconia, or stork, is a bird famous for the care it takes of its parents when grown old. Hence, in some Latin writers, this is rendered lex ciconiaria, or the stork's law, Encyc. Londin.
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