consent of a natural parent to an adoption
1ADOPTION — ADOPTION, taking another s child as one s own. Alleged Cases of Adoption in the Bible The evidence for adoption in the Bible is so equivocal that some have denied it was practiced in the biblical period. (A) GENESIS 15:2–3. Being childless, Abram …
2adoption — I (acceptance) noun acknowledgment, admission, approbation, approval, assimilation, assumption, attachment to, choice, co optation, election, embracement, espousal, favorable reception, ratification, reception, recognition, sanction, selection… …
3Adoption — For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.… …
4adoption — adoptional, adj. /euh dop sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment. 2. the state of being adopted. [1300 50; ME adopcioun < L adoption , s. of adoptio. See AD , OPTION] * * * Act of transferring parental rights and… …
5family law — Introduction body of law regulating family relationships, including marriage and divorce, the treatment of children, and related economic matters. In the past, family law was closely connected with the law of property and succession… …
6Contact (law) — Family law Entering into marriag …
7Babylonian law — Archaeological material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. So called contracts exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal… …
8stepparent — n. A person who is not a child’s natural parent but who is married to the child’s natural mother or father. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. stepparent …
9United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
10United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
