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Infanticide

Infanticide, means (1) The act of killing a newborn child, esp. by the parents or with their consent, in archaic usage, the word referred also to the killing

Bastard

Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36)] The civil and canon laws did not allow a child to remain a bastard if the parents afterwards intermarried, but a proposal by the bishops to assimilate the

Vaccination

& 31 Vict. c. 84). By the Act it was provided, inter alia, that the parent of every child born in England should within three months after the birth of such child, or where by reason of

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Birth, Concealing

any secret disposition (see R. v. Brown, 1870 LR 1 CCR 244) of the dead body of a child, whether such child died before, at, or after his birth, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof, shall be

En ventre sa mere

En ventre sa mere. [Fr. In its mother's womb.] A child in the womb of the mother is for most purposes regarded in English law as being already born.

Dependant and dependent

the accident, have been so dependent, and where the workman, being the parent or grand-parent of an illegitimate child, leaves such a child so dependent upon his earn-ings, or, being an illegitimate child, leaves a parent or

legitimation

legitimation The legal process which a natural father can use to acknowledge legally his children who were born out of wedlock (outside of marriage). A legitimated child can be a "child" under immigration

custody

over property that usually includes liability for damage that may occur b : care and maintenance of a child that includes the right to direct the child's activities and make decisions regarding the child's upbringing compare visitation

Abduction

'over 18' is a defence (Ib.). (2) The offence of unlawfully taking or enticing away or detaining any child under 14 by force or fraud with intent to deprive any parent or other person having the lawful

parent

1 a : a person who begets or brings forth offspring ;esp : the natural parents of a child born of their marriage NOTE: The biological father of an illegitimate child is usually not considered the child's

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