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credit
or asset account b : a reduction of an amount otherwise due ;esp : tax credit [a for child-care expenses] compare deduction, exclusion, exemption vt 1 : to supply goods on credit to 2 : to trust
habeas corpus
matters. It is also available in civil matters, as, for example, to challenge a person's custody of a child or the institutionalization of a person declared incompetent. habeas corpus ad tes·ti·fi·can·dum [-ad-tes-ti-fi-kan-dəm, -Ä d-tes-tē-fē-kÄ n-dm] [New Latin,
adult
adult : a person who has reached an age specified by law compare child, infant, minor
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abandon
2 : to disassociate oneself from or forsake in spite of a duty or responsibility to [ one's child] 3 : to renounce one's obligations and rights under [ a contract] 4 : to fail purposely to
abandonment
intended to create a permanent separation b : failure to communicate with or provide financial support for one's child over a period of time that shows a purpose to forgo parental duties and rights 3 : the
abduction
tort or felony of abducting a person 2 : the unlawful carrying away of a wife or female child or ward for the purpose of marriage or sexual intercourse NOTE: Sense 2 has its roots in common
acknowledge
of and accepts responsibility for (a duty, obligation, or indebtedness) b : to admit paternity of [will the child as his] compare filiate 3 : to make known to a sender or giver the receipt of (what
active
by action or effort [ concealment] compare passive 2 : engaged or participating in action or activity [paying child support but not otherwise an parent]
adoption
adoption Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child's legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive
adoptive
adoptive 1 a : having adopted [an parent] b : having been adopted [an child] 2 : made or acquired by accepting as one's own the words or actions of another [to constitute
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