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obligation

[had a legal as an employer] [a contractual ] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : a relationship that binds one party to a performance (as a payment or transfer) or nonperformance for another party see

dissolution

a : the termination of an organized body (as a court) b : the ending of a partnership relationship caused by the withdrawal of one of the partners from the relationship c : the termination of a

divorce

a crime, desertion, insanity, and nonsupport. absolute divorce : a divorce that completely and permanently dissolves the marital relationship and terminates marital rights (as property rights) and obligations (as fidelity) divorce a men·sa et tho·ro [-ā-men-sə-et-thȯr-ō, -Ä

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filiation

filiation [Late Latin filiatio relationship of a son and father, from Latin filius son] 1 : a legal relationship of a parent and

horizontal privity

horizontal privity 1 : the relationship between the parties to a covenant that is based on a mutual or successive interest in the land

at-will employment

at-will employment A type of employment relationship in which there is no contractual agreement and either party may end the employment relationship at any time,

marriage

united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2 : the ceremony containing certain

power

right usually conferred by one person upon another to do something that effects a change in a legal relationship ;specif : such authority or right to affect another's interest in property (as by conveyance) see also power

stepchild

stepchild A spouse's child from a previous marriage or other relationship. In order for a stepchild to be able to immigrate as a "child," the marriage creating the stepchild/stepparent

Bastard

inheritance, though he may acquire one (Co. Litt.). A bastard may not marry within the prohibited degrees of relationship, it being the natural relationship which is here considered, R. v. Brighton (Inhabitants), (1861) 1 B&S 447. A

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obligation

[had a legal as an employer] [a contractual ] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : a relationship that binds one party to a performance (as a payment or transfer) or nonperformance for another party see

dissolution

a : the termination of an organized body (as a court) b : the ending of a partnership relationship caused by the withdrawal of one of the partners from the relationship c : the termination of a

divorce

a crime, desertion, insanity, and nonsupport. absolute divorce : a divorce that completely and permanently dissolves the marital relationship and terminates marital rights (as property rights) and obligations (as fidelity) divorce a men·sa et tho·ro [-ā-men-sə-et-thȯr-ō, -Ä

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filiation

filiation [Late Latin filiatio relationship of a son and father, from Latin filius son] 1 : a legal relationship of a parent and

horizontal privity

horizontal privity 1 : the relationship between the parties to a covenant that is based on a mutual or successive interest in the land

at-will employment

at-will employment A type of employment relationship in which there is no contractual agreement and either party may end the employment relationship at any time,

marriage

united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2 : the ceremony containing certain

power

right usually conferred by one person upon another to do something that effects a change in a legal relationship ;specif : such authority or right to affect another's interest in property (as by conveyance) see also power

stepchild

stepchild A spouse's child from a previous marriage or other relationship. In order for a stepchild to be able to immigrate as a "child," the marriage creating the stepchild/stepparent

Bastard

inheritance, though he may acquire one (Co. Litt.). A bastard may not marry within the prohibited degrees of relationship, it being the natural relationship which is here considered, R. v. Brighton (Inhabitants), (1861) 1 B&S 447. A

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