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necessaries
essential to the maintenance and support of a present or former spouse or of the child of divorced parents and for which one spouse or parent may seek reimbursement or contribution from the other b : essential
merger
as shareholders in a statutory merger. short-form merger : an accelerated statutory merger between a subsidiary and a parent corporation that controls a large specified majority of shares in the subsidiary statutory merger : a merger performed
immediate relative
immediate relative Spouse, widow(er) and unmarried children under the age of 21 of an American citizen. A parent is an immediate relative if the American citizen is 21 years of age or older. There are no
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fresh complaint
of a sexual offense by the victim to someone in a position of trust (as a police officer, parent, or friend) made with reasonable promptness
Cestoda
A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea In some classifications it is not differentiated from the parent class
foster
foster : affording, receiving, or sharing nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal relationships [a child] [a parent] vt fos·tered fos·ter·ing : to
family court
that has jurisdiction and often advisory powers over domestic disputes involving the rights and duties of husband, wife, parent, or child esp. in matters affecting the support, custody, and welfare of children compare juvenile court
direct
a source [ costs] [a claim] compare derivative b : being or passing in a straight line from parent to offspring : lineal [a ancestor] compare collateral 2 : marked by absence of any intervening agency, instrumentality,
custody
regarding the child's upbringing compare visitation joint custody : custody of a child shared by divorced or separated parents who alternate physical custody of and share in decisions regarding the child called also shared custody phys·i·cal custody
custodial
with custody [a interrogation] 2 : having sole custody or custody a greater portion of the time [a parent]
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