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  • Custody

    Introduction to Custody Custody, the care and control of a person or thing. Powers and duties of a custodian include keeping, guarding, caring for, preserving, and providing security for the person or item in custody." (1) Custody, Maternal Relatives, Father From the book The […]

  • Punishment

    Punishment Forms of Criminal Punishment Introduction to Punishment Although some societies still use ancient forms of harsh physical punishment, punishments have also evolved along with civilization and become less cruel. Punishments range in severity depending on the crime, with the most […]

  • Punishment

    Punishment Forms of Criminal Punishment Introduction to Punishment Although some societies still use ancient forms of harsh physical punishment, punishments have also evolved along with civilization and become less cruel. Punishments range in severity depending on the crime, with the most […]

  • Convent

    Convent, Consent From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Convent, Consent (1): A daughter under age who entered a convent to become a nun without the consent of her mother, may, on a writ of habeas corpus on the petition of her mother, be required to leave the convent and […]

  • Father

    Custody, Father From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Custody, Father (1): A husband is entitled to the custody of his wife against her father, and where a son-in-law killed his father-in-law in resisting the latter from taking his daughter out of his (the […]

  • Manumission

    The Legal History of ManumissionThis section provides an overview of Manumission ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Manumission in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford […]

  • Adoption Duties

    Adoption, Rights, Duties From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Adoption, Rights, Duties (1): Persons of suitable age and circumstances to enter the marital relations, may adopt a child. When a married couple do not unite in adopting a child, the consent of the non-adopting […]

  • Legitimatized

    From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Legitimatized (1): And when under a statute a child is legitimatized by acknowledgment or subsequent marriage, the father has the better right to its custody.644Usually there are many provisions in the statutes of the various States […]

  • Illegitimate

    Mother, Illegitimate, Father From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Mother, Illegitimate, Father (1): The mother has a right to the care and custody of her illegitimate child to the same extent that a parent has to his legitimate child.641The putative father on the […]

  • Parent and Child

    Introduction to Parent and Child Parent and Child, branch of the law of domestic relations that determines the legal rights and obligations of fathers or mothers to their children and of children to their parents. The legal relationship is distinguished from the natural relationship; for exa…