Illegitimation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Stranger in blood
on a legacy 'to or for the benefit of any stranger in blood to the deceased' testator. An illegitimate child is treated by the Inland Revenue authorities as a 'stranger in blood' within the Act; but see
Marriage
suit in the Ecclesiastical Court during the life of the parties. Children resulting from such marriages were not illegitimate unless and until the marriage had been declared void by the Ecclesiastical Courts, which declaration made the marriage
Negligence
25 Geo. 5, c. 41), amends the (English) Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908, so as to include adopted and illegitimate children among dependants, and damages may be awarded in respect of funeral expenses. This Act has to a
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Nephew
2 Eq 333, or nephew by marriage, Sherratt v. Mountford, (1873) LR 8 Ch 928, and even an illegitimate nephew (In the goods of Ashton, 1892, P. 83).
Parent
and for the purpose of vaccination, the father and mother of a legitimate child, the mother of an illegitimate child, and any person having its custody, Vaccination Act of 1867, s. 35, and of 1871, s. 4.
Putative
Putative, supposed, reputed; used of a man supposed to be the father of an illegitimate child, and proceeded against as such by the mother under the Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872 (35 &
Son
son, namely, the grandchild, and where the personal law permits adoption, it also includes an adopted son. Even illegitimate son may be treated as legitimate, as for example, the 'son' referred to in s. 16 of the
Accident occasioned by negligence
husband, parent or child of person killed in such an accident, see CAMPBELL'S (LORD) ACT. Any adopted or illegitimate person is included in the expression 'parent or child' for the purposes of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Adoption
Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 3), s. 3. A contract by the mother of even an illegitimate child for the transfer to another person of the rights and liabilities of the mother in respects of
Bastard
A ldquonaturalrdquo child a child begotten and born out of wedlock an illegitimate child one born of an illicit union
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