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Appenage, Apennage, or Appanage

Appenage, Apennage, or Appanage, a child's part or portion. It is properly the portion of the king's younger children in France. See APPANAGE, Cowel.

Army school

Army school, is a school established for the purpose of affording education to children of Non-Commissioned Officers and men of Her Majesty's regular land forces and conducted under the authority of a

Articles, Marriage

generally to secure a provision by conveyance or settlement for the spouses or one of them and the children of the marriage, must, under the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 4, be in

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Attendant term

furnish money for the payment of debts, to secure rent charges or jointures, to raise portions for younger children, daughters, etc. Now, although the purpose for which the term was originally created has been satisfied or has

Attractive nuisance

Attractive nuisance, means a dangerous condition that may attract children onto land, thereby causing a risk to their safety, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1094.

Bairns, part

free movables, debt deducted, if his wife survives, and a half if she does not, due to his children, Scots Law. See LEGITIM and REASONABLE PARTS.

hyperactivity

an unusually high level of activity used especially with respect to children who move around frequently and do not sit still very long most noticeably in school It is sometimes

treaty trader or investor

enterprise in which he/she has invested a substantial amount of capital, and the alien's spouse and unmarried minor children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Hornbook

The first book for children or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments so called because a sheet

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

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