Legal Definition and Related Resources of Orphanage
Meaning of Orphanage
A home or asylum for orphans.
Orphanage Alternative Definition
In English law. The share reserved to an orphan by the custom of London. By the custom of London, when a freeman of that city dies, his estate is divided into three parts, as follows: One-third part to the widow; another to the children advanced by him in his lifetime, which is called the orphanage; and the other third part may be by him disposed of by will. Now, however, a freeman may dispose of his estate as he pleases; but in cases of intestacy, the statute of distribution expressly excepts and reserves the custom of London. Lovelace, Wills, 102, 104; Bac. Abr. Custom of London (0).
Adoption Legal Definition of Orphanage
Institution that houses children who are orphaned, abandoned or whose parents are unable to care for them. Orphanages are rarely used in the United States, although they are more frequently used abroad.
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Online translation of the English legal term orphanage into Spanish: orfanato (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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- Social Protection
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- Welfare State
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