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Search results for: “assimilation”

  • Merger

    Merger

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]

  • Acculturation

    The process by which an individual, especially an infant, is brought to learn and internalize the characteristic beliefs and behavior patterns of his society. The term is also used of groups which come into contact with other cultural groups, to describe their process of accommodation or assi…

  • Incorporation

    The formal act of creating a corporation by following the steps required by law.

  • Social Integration

    Definition of Social Integration The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meanings of Social Integration: (1) The joining of different ethnic groups within a society into a common social life regulated by generally accepted norms and values. This process need not […]

  • Adoption

    Adoption

    The act by which a person takes the child of another into his family, and treats him as his own. A juridical act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, or paternity and filiation. 6 Demolombe Code Nap. § 1. As used in the law the word has a strict significance […]

  • Residential Schools

    Definition of Residential Schools The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Residential Schools: Widely established across Canada during the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in the north, these schools were established to bring basic education to […]

  • Conformity

    In English ecclesiastical law. Adherence to the doctrines and usages of the Church of England. …