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Adoption panel, means a panel established in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulation, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., Para 544, Note 7, p. 279....
Panel
Panel [fr. panellum, Lat.; panneau, Fr., a square or panel]. 1. A little part, or rather a schedule or page, containing the names of such jurors as the sheriff returns to pass upon a trial; and empannelling a jury is nothing but the entering them into the sheriff's roll or book, Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 158 b.2. In Scots law, the accused person in a criminal trial after appearance in court.3. Panel of Arbitrators, the name given to the permanent Court or Tribunal established under the Hague Arbitration Convention.The term is often applied to the list of such medical practitioners as have agreed to administer the Medical Benefit under the National Health Insur-ance Acts. Those entitled to be treated by such a medical practitioner are popularly called 'panel-patients,' and the word is used to denote a list of any authoritative persons or consultants where determination or advise is required by statute, e.g., arbitrators under the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation...
Adoption
Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany, where the civil law (as to which, see Sand. Just.) prevails to any great extent. In 1889 and 1890, Lord Meath introduced Bills in the House of Lords to legalize adoption.By the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize the adoption of an infant who is under twenty-one years of age, a British subject, and resident in England and Wales, by an applicant who is more than twenty-five years of age, and also twenty-one years older than the infant, unless closely related, and a British subject, resident and domiciled in England or Wales, but a single adopter, only, will be authorized unless two spouses jointly apply. A male may not adopt a female infant unless the court finds special reason...
paneled
Decorated with panels or wainscoting used of walls as a paneled family room...
paneling
The act or process of forming in panels or decorating with panels...
equitable adoption
equitable adoption : an adoption recognized by the law in order to allow claims (as to assets in an estate or to insurance or government benefits) in cases in which there is an express or implied contract to adopt and clear evidence of an intention to adopt but no performance of the procedures required by statute for an adoption called also adoption by estoppel ...
adopted child
adopted child An unmarried child under age 21, who was adopted while under the age of sixteen, and who has been in legal custody and lived with the adopting parent(s) for at least two years. These rules do not apply to orphans adopted by American Citizens. The adoption decree must give the child all the rights of a natural born child. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Adoptive Act of Parliament
Adoptive Act of Parliament, an Act which comes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner prescribed therein, by the local authorities or inhabitants of that area, e.g.:-The (English) Vestries Act, 1831 (repealed as to rural parishes by the (English) Local Government Act, 1894).Also the following, which in rural parishes can only be adopted by Parish Meetings:--The (English) Lighting and Watching Act, 1833. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Gas.'The (repealed) (English) Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846 to 1899, and London Government Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Baths.'The (English) Burial Acts, 1852 to 1906. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Burial.'The (English) Public Improvements Acts. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Public Improvements.'The (English) Infectious Diseases Notification Act, 1879--made general in England by Act of 1899: The Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890 (all repealed): The (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act,...
adopt
adopt 1 : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child esp. in compliance with formal legal procedures see also equitable adoption 2 : to take or accept as if one's own [[the company] ed the signature on the financing statement "Barber-Greene Co. v. Nat'l City Bank of Minneapolis, 816 F.2d 1267 (1987)"] 3 : to accept formally and put into effect [ a constitutional amendment] adopt·able [ə-dÄ p-tə-bəl] adj adopt·abil·i·ty [ə-dÄ p-tə-bi-lə-tē] adv adop·tion [ə-dÄ p-shən] n ...
panel
panel 1 : a group of community members summoned for jury service 2 : a group of usually three judges among the judges sitting on an appellate court who hear a particular appeal compare full court ...
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