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Fatherhood

The state of being a father the character or authority of a father paternity

remote

not arising from the effect of that which is proximate 4 : small in degree [a possibility of paternity] re·mote·ly adv re·mote·ness n

Affiliation

University [The National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions Act, 2004, s. 2(a)] --the fixing any one with the paternity of a bastard child and the obligation to maintain it. The process is regulated by the (English) Bastardy

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Borough English

himself. Among the pastoral tribes, the sons, as soon as they attained the proper age, migrated from the paternal habitation, with an allotment of cattle, to seek a residence elsewhere; the youngest son usually continued with his

Moris and moroos

Moris and moroos, the meaning of Moroos is described by Steingass at page 1343 as 'hereditary, possessed by paternal succession'. The words 'Moris' is a root of Moroos which means hereditary possession and conveys the sense of

Jus vitae necisgue

of life and death'. The power help by the head of the house hold over persons under his paternal power and over his slaves. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871.

Institutions

slaves, and of fathers over their children, is treated of; after which is shown the manner of acquiring paternal power--viz., by marriage, legitimation, and adoption, and how that power may be lost. Title XIII to the end

Frumstol

Frumstol, original or paternal dwelling, Anc Inst. Eng.

Frater fratri uterino non succedet in h'reditate paterna.

Frater fratri uterino non succedet in h'reditate paterna.--(A brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the paternal inheritance.) The maxim is now superseded; for by

paternalistic

Benevolent but sometimes intrusive used often of governments and the administration of large organizations See paternal government

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