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adopted child
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adopt
adopt 1 : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child esp. in compliance with
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adoption
adoption Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child's legal rights and duties toward his natural parents
Adoption
Act. The Court may impose terms and require the adopter to make and secure such provision for the adopted child as the Court thinks fit. Probationary adoptions not exceeding two years may likewise be authorized, and if the … other person may give any such money or reward. The effect of the order is to place the adopted child for all purposes except as mentioned below in the position of a child as if born to the
Bastard
in respect of the child, Humphereys v. Polak and Wife, (1901) 2 KB 385, but sine the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (c. 29), an adoption order may be made affecting such child. See ADOPTION. A
Son
K.V., Muthu v. Angamuthu Ammal, AIR 1997 SC 628 (632): (1997) 2 SCC 53. 1. A person's male child 2. An immediate male descendant 3. An adopted male child or dependent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. In … but also son's son, namely, the grandchild, and where the personal law permits adoption, it also includes an adopted son. Even illegitimate son may be treated as legitimate, as for example, the 'son' referred to in s.
filiate
acknowledge, legitimate NOTE: A child may be illegitimate but filiated. Both legitimation and acknowledgment filiate an illegitimate child. Adopted children are filiated by the adoption proceeding.
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