Tag: Adoption Definition
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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 […]
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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…
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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…
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Adoption Agency
Organization placing children in homes, under the jurisdiction of state or licensing laws….