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Legitimate child

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legitimate filiation

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Bastard

remained thus for nearly 700 years, until the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), legitimated a child born out of wedlock upon the subsequent marriage of parents if they were domiciled in England

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legitimation

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 conditions: * the legitimation took place according to

Maintenance

kinsman, servant, or poor neighbour, out of charity and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common interest will justify a person or persons jointly subscribing to pay the expenses of a suit, even … on Trusts, and Wolst. And Cherry, Conveyancing Statutes. As a rule, powers or trusts for the maintenance of children and accumulation of the residue of income were included in all carefully drafted settlements and wills. 'Maintenance' must

Natural child

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Children

Children. The word child in legal documents means a legitimate child unless otherwise declared by statute. See Morris v. Britannic Assurance Co., 1931 (2) KB 125. 'Child' is defined

legitimated

legitimated Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children. A legitimated child from any country has two legal parents … legitimated Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children.

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esp. a father [has not been filiated by the initiative of the parent "Louisiana Civil Code"] compare acknowledge, legitimate NOTE: A child may be illegitimate but filiated. Both legitimation and acknowledgment filiate an illegitimate child. Adopted children

Derivative settlement

acquires a settlement of his own or derives a settlement from a husband, that person- (a) if a legitimate child, shall take and follow, up to the age of sixteen, the settlement of his father, or if and

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