Legal Definition of Patrilocal Residence
Meaning of Patrilocal Residence
The residence pattern in which a newly married couple moves in with or near the groom’s father’s house. This keeps men near their male relatives, while women must leave their natal households. Patrilocal residence is strongly associated with patrilineal descent. Just over half of the world’s societies have patrilocal residence.
Related Entries of Patrilocal Residence in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
Browse or run a search for Patrilocal Residence in the American Encyclopedia of Law, the Asian Encyclopedia of Law, the European Encyclopedia of Law, the UK Encyclopedia of Law or the Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law.
Patrilocal Residence in Historical Law
You might be interested in the historical meaning of this term. Browse or search for Patrilocal Residence in Historical Law in the Encyclopedia of Law.
Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
Search for legal acronyms and/or abbreviations containing Patrilocal Residence in the Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary.
Browse
You might be interested in these references tools:
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Patrilocal Residence in the Dictionary | Patrilocal Residence in our legal dictionaries |
| Related topics | Browse topics from the World Wiki Encyclopedia of Law |
| Browse the Legal Thesaurus | Find synonyms and related words of Patrilocal Residence |
| Legal Maxims | Maxims are established principles that jurists use as interpretive tools, invoked more frequently in international law |
| Legal Answers (Q&A) | A community-driven knowledge creation process, of enduring value to a broad audience |
| Related topics | Patrilocal Residence in the World Encyclopedia of Law |
What is Patrilocal Residence?
Vocabularies (Semantic Web Information)
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Topic Map | A group of names, occurrences and associations |
| Topic Tree | A topic display format, showing the hierarchy |
| Sitemap Index | Sitemap Index, including Taxonomies |
| https://legaldictionary.lawin.org/patrilocal-residence | The URI of Patrilocal Residence (more about URIs) |
Definition of Patrilocal Residence
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Patrilocal Residence: The custom of a newly married couple taking up residence in the groom’s family household or village. See: MATRILOCAL RESIDENCE / NEO-LOCAL RESIDENCE in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.
Patrilocal Residence: Resources
Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Patrilocal Residence. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
Leave a Reply