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residence

temporary sojourn [a person can have more than one but only one domicile] NOTE: A distinction is usually maintained between domicile and residence based on the relative permanency of a domicile and the intent to make it … : a place in which a corporation does business or is licensed to do business 3 : the status of a resident 4 : dwelling

Adoption

thinks fit. Probationary adoptions not exceeding two years may likewise be authorized, and if the infant had been maintained and in the custody of the proposed adopter for at least two years before 1926, the Court may … acknowledge the fact. In regard to property, however, under any disposition or an intestacy the child retains his status as a child of his or her own parents and does not acquire any right or interest as

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Religious denomination

order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof enjoys the fundamental right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, to manage its own affairs in matters of religion, to own and … basic cord which connects them, should be religion and not merely, considerations of caste or community or societal status, Nallor Marthandam Vellalar v. Commissioner Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, (2003) 10 SCC 712 (716).

order

NOTE: The alienation or assignment of funds under a qualified domestic relations order does not affect the tax status of the plan from which such funds are paid. re·strain·ing order [ri-strā-ni-] 1 : temporary restraining order in

injunction

injunction : permanent injunction in this entry interlocutory injunction : an injunction that orders the maintenance of the status quo between the parties prior to a final determination of the matter ;specif : preliminary injunction in this … mandatory injunction : an injunction that compels the defendant to do some positive act rather than simply to maintain the situation as it was when the action was brought compare prohibitory injunction in this entry per·ma·nent injunction

Bastard

447. A bastard has no duties towards his natural parents. The mother, whilst unmarried or a widow, must maintain a bastard child up to the age of sixteen (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (c. 17), but see … privileges of a child attach, however conspicuous and notorious may be the origin of the person, until his status has been legally destroyed. See ACCESS; Mew's Digest, tit. 'Bastard.' Provision is made by the (English) Age of

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