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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 of an unborn child. Also termed child destruction;...
Bastard
Bastard [fornication], one born not of lawful marriage. [(English) Age of Marriage Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36)] The civil and canon laws did not allow a child to remain a bastard if...
Vaccination
Vaccination, inoculation with the virus of cowpox as a preventive of smallpox. First made compulsory in 1853 by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 100, gratuitous vaccination having been previously provided for in the various enactments, dating...
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Birth, Concealing
Birth, Concealing. See Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 60, which enacts that every person who shall, by any secret disposition (see R. v. Brown, 1870 LR 1 CCR 244) of the dead body of...
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. But there are certain important exceptions. For...
Dependant and dependent
Dependant and dependent. Under s. 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925:-- (1) The dependants of a workman entitled to claim compensation under this Act where the injury results in death are such of the members...
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 law under these...
custody
custody [Latin custodia, from custod- custos guardian] : care or control exercised by a person or authority over something or someone: as a : supervision and control over property that usually includes liability for damage that...
Abduction
Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even...
parent
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...
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