Dependant

English Legal System: Dependant

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Dependant :

A person who relies on someone else for maintenance or financial support. On the death of the latter, the courts now have wide discretionary powers to award financial provision to dependants out of the estate of the deceased. The list of dependants includes not only spouses, former spouses, children, and children of the family, but anyone (e.g. a lover, housekeeper, or servant) who was being maintained to some extent by the deceased immediately before his death.

See also reasonable financial provisio

Hierarchical Display of Dependant

Social Questions > Family > Family
Social Questions > Family > Family law > Maintenance obligation
Social Questions > Family > Family law > Custody

Meaning of Dependant

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Translation of Dependant

• Spanish: Carga familiar
• French: Charge de famille
• German: Familienunterhalt
• Italian: Carico di famiglia
• Portuguese: Encargo familiar
• Polish: Osoba na utrzymaniu

Thesaurus of Dependant

Social Questions > Family > Family > Dependant
Social Questions > Family > Family law > Maintenance obligation > Dependant
Social Questions > Family > Family law > Custody > Dependant

See also

• Maintenance obligation
• Custody