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Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents as parental authority parental obligations parental affection...
parent
parent 1 a : a person who begets or brings forth offspring ;esp : the natural parents of a child born of their marriage NOTE: The biological father of an illegitimate child is usually not considered the child's parent absent a judicial determination of paternity. There have been exceptions, based mainly on the father's attitude toward, support of, or involvement with the child. b : a person who legally adopts a child c : a person or entity that owes to a child a legally imposed duty of support d : a stepparent where designated by statute 2 : an entity or group that gives rise to or acquires another usually subsidiary entity or group [a company] ;specif : a corporation that owns a required minimum percentage of the stock of another corporation compare affiliate parent adj pa·ren·tal [pə-ren-təl] adj pa·ren·tal·ly adv par·ent·less adj ...
surviving parent
surviving parent A child's living parent when the child's other parent is dead, and the living parent has not remarried. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
non-custodial parent
non-custodial parent The parent who does not have physical custody of the child(ren). ...
Parents est nomen generale ad omne genus cognationis
Parents est nomen generale ad omne genus cognationis. Co. Litt. 80, (Parent is a general name for every kind of relationship.)...
Pay in the substantive post in the parent department
Pay in the substantive post in the parent department, 'pay in the substantive post in the parent department' means the pay attached to the post substantively held by the employee on the date of transfer to another department, V.A. Subhadra v. A. Satyavan, AIR 1975 SC 1913 (1914): (1975) 4 SCC 624: (1976) 1 SCR 375....
Parentally
In a parental manner...
Parent
Parent includes, for the purpose of the (English) Education Act, 1921 [s. 170 (12)], 'guardian and every person who is liable to maintain or has the actual custody of the child or young person'; 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....
Family
Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2(h)]. A group consisting of parents and their children; a group of person connected by blood by affinity, or by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620.In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (v)]In relation to an operator, means his wife and dependant children and includes his dependent parents. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (g)]Means:(i) In the case of a male-subscriber the wife or wives, parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased son's widow and children and where no parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has be...
Adoption
Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany, where the civil law (as to which, see Sand. Just.) prevails to any great extent. In 1889 and 1890, Lord Meath introduced Bills in the House of Lords to legalize adoption.By the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize the adoption of an infant who is under twenty-one years of age, a British subject, and resident in England and Wales, by an applicant who is more than twenty-five years of age, and also twenty-one years older than the infant, unless closely related, and a British subject, resident and domiciled in England or Wales, but a single adopter, only, will be authorized unless two spouses jointly apply. A male may not adopt a female infant unless the court finds special reason...
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