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Son

Son, 'son' as understood in common parlance means a natural son born to a person after marri-age. It is the direct blood relationship which is the essence of the term in which 'son' is usually understood,...

Vagrants

Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4, c. 83). It has been extended by the Vagrancy...

Ademption

Ademption [fr. adimo, Lat.], revocation; a taking away of a specific legacy, i.e., if a testator, after having given a legacy of this nature by his will, alienate the subject of it during his life, it...

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Affiliation

Affiliation, includes in relation to a college, recognition of such college by association of such college with, and admission of such college to the privileges of, a scheduled university. [National Commission for Minority Education Institutions Act,...

per stirpes

per stirpes [Latin, by familial stocks] : by right of representation [the estate was divided per stirpes] used of a method of distributing an esp. intestate estate compare per capita NOTE: Per stirpes distribution provides for...

Accumulation

Accumulation, a gathering together, heaping up, or amassing. The dominion over property, and its rents, issues, and profits, is restrained by our law as regards perpetuity and accumulation. See PERPETUITY. The prospective accumulation of income of...

tender years exception

tender years exception : an exception to the hearsay rule in some jurisdictions that allows the use of an out-of-court statement by a young child in an abuse or neglect case if the time, content, and...

Accident occasioned by negligence

Accident occasioned by negligence. As to the recovery of damages for injuries in such cases, see NEGLIGENCE. As to the rights of wife, husband, parent or child of person killed in such an accident, see CAMPBELL'S...

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...

birth mother

birth mother : the woman who gave birth to a child esp. as distinguished from the child's adoptive mother

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