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Kidnapping

Kidnapping [fr. kind, Dut., a child, and nap, to steal], the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their own country, and sending them into another. It is an offence punishable...

Emigration of poor persons

Emigration of poor persons. See Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 68, by which the council of any county or county borough may, with the consent of the Minister of Health, and...

Parent

Parent includes, for the purpose of the (English) Education Act, 1921 [s. 170 (12)], 'guardian and every person who is liable to maintain or has the actual custody of the child or young person'; and for...

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Vistarama

Vistarama, vista+panorama, 'Indeed, the vistarama of child law persuades any sensitive society to give a high place, in its corpus juris, to child development.' [A Code for Child Rights in Legally Speaking, p. 186 (189)] (Justice...

Young person

Young person. In the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12), this expression (s. 107) ' means a person who has attained the age of fourteen years and is under seventeen...

Hotchpot

Hotchpot [fr. hache en poche, Fr., a confused mingling of diverse things], a blending or mixing of lands and chattels, answering in some respects to the collatio bonorum of the Civil Law. 'And it seemeth that...

filiate

filiate -at·ed -at·ing : to declare (a child) the descendant of a particular parent and esp. a father [has not been filiated by the initiative of the parent "Louisiana Civil Code"] compare acknowledge, legitimate NOTE: A...

Cousin

Cousin [fr. Cousin, Fr.; cugino, It.; consobrinus, Lat., whence cusdrin, susrin; sabrino, Sp.]. A cousin is any collateral relation except brothers and sistes, and their descendants, and the brothers and sisters of any ancestor. The child...

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Births, Marriages, and Deaths. By the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86), amended by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict....

Abortion

Abortion, a miscarriage, or the premature expulsion of the contents of the womb before the term of gestation is completed. By the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. C. 100), s....

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