family pl: -lies 1 : a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption 2 : a group of usually related individuals who live together under common household authority and esp. who have reciprocal duties to each other NOTE: The interpretation of the word family in a law context depends upon the area of the law concerned (as contract or zoning law), the purpose of the document (as a statute or contract) in which it is used, and the facts of the case. Often for zoning purposes, the occupants of a group home are considered a family if the organization is like that of a family or if the home is going to be a permanent rather than a transitional residence for the occupants. fa·mil·ial [fə-mil-yəl] adj ...
The collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or manager a household including parents children and servants and as the case may be lodgers or boarders...
Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2(h)]. A group consisting of parents and their children; a group of person connected by blood by affinity, or by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620.In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (v)]In relation to an operator, means his wife and dependant children and includes his dependent parents. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (g)]Means:(i) In the case of a male-subscriber the wife or wives, parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased son's widow and children and where no parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has be...
Family arrangement, a family arrangement can, as a matter of law, be implied from a long course of dealings between the parties, Sahu Madho Das v. Pandit Mukand Ram, AIR 1955 SC 481 (486): (1955) 2 SCR 22.A family arrangement is intended to bring about harmony in the family, Krishna Beharilal v. Gulab-chand, AIR 1971 SC 1041 (1045): (1971) 1 SCC 837: (1971) Supp SCR 27.An informal agreement among family members, use, to distribute property in a manner other than what the law provides, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620....
family car doctrine : family purpose doctrine ...
family court : a court that has jurisdiction and often advisory powers over domestic disputes involving the rights and duties of husband, wife, parent, or child esp. in matters affecting the support, custody, and welfare of children compare juvenile court ...
Family Court, means a Family Court established under s. 3. [Family Courts Act, 1984 (66 of 1984), s. 2 (d)]...
Family Division : a division of the High Court of Justice having jurisdiction over matters of family law and uncontested probate matters ...
family farmer : an individual or business entity whose debts and income arise primarily from a family owned and operated farming operation as set out in the Bankruptcy Code see also Bankruptcy Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Only a person who qualifies as a family farmer with a regular annual income under the Bankruptcy Code may file for bankruptcy under chapter 12, although a family farmer may also have the option of filing under chapter 7 or chapter 13. ...
family farmer or family fisherman An individual, individual and spouse, corporation, or partnership engaged in a farming or fishing operation that meets certain debt limits and other statutory criteria for filing a bankruptcy petition under chapter 12. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...