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Child
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ChildGenerally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
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Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Years
Estate for years.
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Wedlock
Being married. Has the same meaning as "matrimony." Used mostly to refer to illegitimate children as "born out of wedlock."
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Marriage
A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought io exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.
Legitimated
Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children. A legitimated child from any country has two legal parents and cannot qualify as an orphan unless:only one of the parents is living, or both of the parents have abandoned the child.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Benefit
This word is used in the same sense as gain and profits.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Bona
Goods and chattels. In the Roman law, it signifies every kind of property, real, personal, and mixed, but chiefly it was applied to real estates; chattels being chiefly distinguished by the words, effects, movables
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
Parents
The lawful father and mother of the party spoken of.
Orphan
A minor or infant who has lost both of his or her parents. Sometimes the term is applied to such a person who has lost only one of his or her parents.
Citizen
In the Roman government, seems to have designated a person who had the freedom of the city, and the right to exercise all political and civil privileges of the government. One who owes to government allegiance, service, and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees liberty of person and of conscience, the right of acquiring and possessing property, of marriage and the social relations, of suit and of defense, and security in person, estate, and reputation.
Visa
A U.S. visa allows the bearer to apply for entry to the U.S. in a certain classification. A visa does not grant the bearer the right to enter the United States. The Department of State (DOS) is responsible for visa adjudication at U.S. Embassies and Consulates outside of the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) immigration inspectors determine admission into, length of stay and conditions of stay in, the U.S. at a port of entry.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
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Child custody
The living arrangements and the legal decision-making concerning the child.
Child custody law
The particular area of the legal profession dealing with child custody.
Child labor law
The set of laws prohibiting or strictly regulating child labor.
Child labour law
The set of laws prohibiting or strictly regulating child labour.
Child support
Child support is the legal duty to pay for a child's basic needs until the child reaches the age of 19, dies, marries, or is otherwise emancipated. Each parent owes a legal duty of support to his/her children. The parent without custody of the children will be ordered to pay a monthly amount to the court and the court will pass the money along to the parent who has custody of the children.
Child support guidelines
A series of mathematical formulas that help derive the proper amount of child support that should be awarded.
Child support law
Legislation which establishes the cases and system for child support (see).
Child support worksheet
A court form devised to calculate the child support guidelines.
Childishness
Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.
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Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Chief clerk of the department of state
This officer is appointed by the secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice under the superintendence of the secretary.
Chief judge
Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
Chief justice
Officer. The president of a supreme court.
Chief justiciary
An officer among the English, established soon after the conquest.
Child
Child support guidelines
A series of mathematical formulas that help derive the proper amount of child support that should be awarded.
Child support worksheet
A court form devised to calculate the child support guidelines.
Childishness
Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.
Chimin
This is a corruption of the French word chemin, a highway. It is used by old writers.
Chinese interest
Interest for money charged in China.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Years
Estate for years.
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Wedlock
Being married. Has the same meaning as "matrimony." Used mostly to refer to illegitimate children as "born out of wedlock."
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Marriage
A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought io exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.
Legitimated
Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children. A legitimated child from any country has two legal parents and cannot qualify as an orphan unless:only one of the parents is living, or both of the parents have abandoned the child.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Benefit
This word is used in the same sense as gain and profits.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Bona
Goods and chattels. In the Roman law, it signifies every kind of property, real, personal, and mixed, but chiefly it was applied to real estates; chattels being chiefly distinguished by the words, effects, movables
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
Parents
The lawful father and mother of the party spoken of.
Orphan
A minor or infant who has lost both of his or her parents. Sometimes the term is applied to such a person who has lost only one of his or her parents.
Citizen
In the Roman government, seems to have designated a person who had the freedom of the city, and the right to exercise all political and civil privileges of the government. One who owes to government allegiance, service, and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees liberty of person and of conscience, the right of acquiring and possessing property, of marriage and the social relations, of suit and of defense, and security in person, estate, and reputation.
Visa
A U.S. visa allows the bearer to apply for entry to the U.S. in a certain classification. A visa does not grant the bearer the right to enter the United States. The Department of State (DOS) is responsible for visa adjudication at U.S. Embassies and Consulates outside of the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) immigration inspectors determine admission into, length of stay and conditions of stay in, the U.S. at a port of entry.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Child custody
The living arrangements and the legal decision-making concerning the child.
Child custody law
The particular area of the legal profession dealing with child custody.
Child labor law
The set of laws prohibiting or strictly regulating child labor.
Child labour law
The set of laws prohibiting or strictly regulating child labour.
Child support
Child support is the legal duty to pay for a child's basic needs until the child reaches the age of 19, dies, marries, or is otherwise emancipated. Each parent owes a legal duty of support to his/her children. The parent without custody of the children will be ordered to pay a monthly amount to the court and the court will pass the money along to the parent who has custody of the children.
Child support guidelines
A series of mathematical formulas that help derive the proper amount of child support that should be awarded.
Child support law
Legislation which establishes the cases and system for child support (see).
Child support worksheet
A court form devised to calculate the child support guidelines.
Childishness
Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Chief clerk of the department of state
This officer is appointed by the secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice under the superintendence of the secretary.
Chief judge
Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
Chief justice
Officer. The president of a supreme court.
Chief justiciary
An officer among the English, established soon after the conquest.
Child
Child support guidelines
A series of mathematical formulas that help derive the proper amount of child support that should be awarded.
Child support worksheet
A court form devised to calculate the child support guidelines.
Childishness
Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.
Chimin
This is a corruption of the French word chemin, a highway. It is used by old writers.
Chinese interest
Interest for money charged in China.
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