Legal Dictionary

Category: Family Law Dictionary

  • Maternity Leave

    Adoption Legal Definition of Maternity Leave Meaning of Maternity Leave See LeaveLearn more with the Adoption Thesaurus Related Entries of Maternity Leave in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or […]

  • Judicial Separation

    A separation of spouses sanctioned by the court after one of them has moved the court by petition claiming the relief. Less than a divorce for the marital status of the spouses is not changed. A divorce a mensa et thoro suspending marriage relations and modifying marital duties and obligations […]

  • Financial Aid

    Adoption Legal Definition of Financial Aid Meaning of Financial Aid See Benefit and Subsidy.Learn more with the Adoption Thesaurus Related Entries of Financial Aid in the Encyclopedia of Law Project […]

  • 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 […]

  • Orphan

    A child whose parents are dead.

  • Service

    Service

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service Meaning of Service A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the […]

  • Service

    Service

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service Meaning of Service A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the […]

  • Confidentiality

    Adoption Legal Definition of Confidentiality Meaning of Confidentiality The legally required process of keeping identifying or other significant information secret; the principle of ethical practice which requires social workers and other […]

  • Guardianship

    Guardianship

    The power of protective authority given by law, and imposed on an individual who is free and in the enjoyment of his rights, over one whose weakness on account of his age or infirmity renders him unable to protect himself. …

  • Special Procedure

    When a divorce is undefended, the decree can be issued without either spouse having to appear at court….

  • 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 […]

  • Add

    Adoption Legal Definition of Active Registries Meaning of Active Registries Reunion registries which do not require that both parties register their consent. Once one party is registered, a designated individual (often an agency or court […]

  • Add

    Adoption Legal Definition of Active Registries Meaning of Active Registries Reunion registries which do not require that both parties register their consent. Once one party is registered, a designated individual (often an agency or court […]

  • Equitable Adoption

    Under the law of certain jurisdictions a child had certain inheritance rights of estate of an individual who contracted to adopt him but did not do so. Such a contract may be in writing or oral. The theory rests upon the equitable principle that equity regards that as done which ought to have […]

  • Guardian Ad Litem

    A guardian appointed for the purposes of a suit. The appointment of such is incident to the power of every court to try a ease (2 Cow. [N. Y.] 430), and the power is then confined to the particular case at bar (Co. Litt. 89, note 16). His duty is to manage the interest of…