Search results for: “international encyclopedia of marriage and family”

  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • Mixed Marriage

    A union between persons of different races; in particular, between a Caucasian and an African. A State may forbid whites and blacks to inter-marry. The XIVth Amendment does not prohibit such legislation. Green v. State, 58 Ala. 192-97 (1877); 59 id. 60….

  • Private International Law

    Private International Law

    See international law .

  • Family

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Family Meaning of Family In primary meaning, it is the collective body of persons who live in one house anc under one head or management . secondary meaning is those who are of the same line age, or […]

  • One Parent Family

    Legal Definition of One Parent Family Meaning of One Parent Family A family consisting of a lone parent with at least one dependent or non-dependent child (regardless of age) who is also usually resident in the family. It can be expanded to […]

  • Husband

    A man who has a wife. …

  • Head of a Family

    An individual who actually supports and maintains in one household one or more individuals who are closely connected with him by blood relationship , relationship by marriage or by adoption, and whose right to exercise family control and provide for the dependent individuals is […]

  • Matricentric Family

    A nuclear family in which there is no continuing adult male functioning as a husband and father. This man is missing usually due to death, divorce, abandonment, or no marriage having taken place. In such families, the mother raises her children more or less alone and subsequently has the major […]

  • Couple Family

    A family based on two persons who are in a registered or de facto marriage and who are usually resident in the same household. A couple family without children may have other relatives, such as ancestors, present. A couple family with children may have adult children and/or other relatives […]

  • Cohabitation

    Legal Definition of Cohabitation Meaning of Cohabitation Living together when unmarried. Synonyms of Cohabitation (Living together), noun abiding together act of dwelling together […]

  • Relationship

    (Connection), noun alignment amalgamation analogy appositeness association bearing bond coaction coalition cognatio cognation combination confederacy coniunctio c…

  • Household

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Household Meaning of Household An organized family and whatever pertains to it as a whole; a domestic establishment. In broad sense a collective group living in a house , acknowledging the authority of a […]

  • Child

    The immediate progeny of human parents; offspring born to such parents. 262 111. 183; 200 111. 401. The son or daughter, in relation to the father or mother; the correlative of parent. A young person- of either sex. The age limit of childhood is undefined. 5 Har. & J. (Md.) […]

  • Private Law

    Private law in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of private law.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading private law in A Dictionary of […]

  • Polygamy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Polygamy Meaning of Polygamy The state of a man who has more than one wife. Polygamy Alternative Definition The act or state of a person who, knowing that […]