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Definition of Filiation
1. Noun. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
Generic synonyms: Family Relationship, Kinship, Relationship
Specialized synonyms: Bilateral Descent, Unilateral Descent
Derivative terms: Descend, Filiate
2. Noun. Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.
Generic synonyms: Hereditary Pattern, Inheritance
Specialized synonyms: Descent, Extraction, Origin, Bloodline, Pedigree
Attributes: Purebred, Crossbred
Derivative terms: Derive
Definition of Filiation
1. n. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
2. n. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language.
Definition of Filiation
1. Noun. The condition of being a child of a specified parent ¹
2. Noun. The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline ¹
3. Noun. (countable legal) The determination of paternity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Filiation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Filiation
Literary usage of Filiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1882)
"Paternity and filiation. LUNACY. 803-310. Legitimate children born in wedlock.
307. Exceptions to rule that child born in wedlock is child of the mother's ..."
2. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"Their filiation. This—casting out everything arbitrary—we must regard as the true
filiation of the sciences; and in it we find the plan of this work. ,,... ..."
3. A Treatise of the Laws for the Relief and Settlement of the Poor by Michael Nolan, Great Britain (1825)
"... in this as well as the tonner acts are inapplicable to a dead child. (2) SECT.
VI. Of Orders of Filiation by the Justices at their Quarter Sessions ..."
4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1876)
"The Law of the filiation of Intellectual Conceptions will have to be complemented
... But this fundamental Filiation of our conceptions of every kind being ..."
5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York by New York (State) (1850)
"When order of filiation vacated, except on the merits, court may make a new order
of filiation, or bind the defendant to appear. 962. If order of filiation ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"... distinction of tlie- divine nature,' we confess ourselves unable clearly to
comprehend his- purpose. Art. 27. Tke Delti and Filiation of Jesus Christ: ..."
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