parental authority

  • 1Parental — Pa*ren tal, a. [L. parentalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations; parental affection. [1913 Webster] 2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as,… …

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  • 2authority — au·thor·i·ty n pl ties 1: an official decision of a court used esp. as a precedent 2 a: a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office the authority of the president; also: jurisdiction b: the power to act …

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  • 3authority — n. control power 1) to assume; delegate; demonstrate, show; establish; exercise, wield; invoke authority 2) to defy; deny, reject; undermine authority 3) absolute, complete, full, supreme, unquestioned; parental authority 4) authority for; over… …

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  • 4Authority — In politics, authority (Latin auctoritas , used in Roman law as opposed to potestas and imperium ) is often used interchangeably with the term power . However, their meanings differ: while power refers to the ability to achieve certain ends,… …

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  • 5parental responsibility — all the rights, duties, powers and authority that by law a parent has in relation to his child. If a man and woman are married they automatically have parental responsibilities. An unmarried father requires to have them declared. It is possible… …

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  • 6Parental testing — is the use of genetic fingerprinting to determine whether two individuals have a biological parent child relationship. A paternity test establishes genetic proof as to whether a man is the biological father of an individual, and a maternity test… …

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  • 7Parental responsibility (access and custody) — In the states of the European Union and elsewhere, parental responsibility refers to the rights and privileges which underpin the relationship between a child and either of the child s parents or those adults who have a significant role in the… …

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  • 8authority — noun 1 (often authorities) people with responsibility for making decisions ADJECTIVE ▪ central, district, federal, local, municipal, regional ▪ government, pu …

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  • 9parental — adj. Parental is used with these nouns: ↑approval, ↑attitude, ↑authority, ↑behaviour, ↑care, ↑choice, ↑consent, ↑control, ↑disapproval, ↑discipline, ↑divorce, ↑ …

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  • 10Síndrome de alienación parental — El síndrome de alienación parental o SAP, es un término que el profesor de psiquiatría Richard A. Gardner acuñó en 1985 para referirse en lo que él describe como un desorden en el cual un niño, de forma permanente, denigra e insulta sin… …

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