This phrase, when used in English conveyancing with referenceto settlements of land, signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rightsof an eldest son. It therefore includes daughters, even those who are older than theeldest son. Mozley & Whitley.
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STEPCHILD
the name that is given to the child of a wife or husband from a previous marriage.
QUICK WITH CHILD
See QUICKENING.
QUALIFYING CHILD
A person under the age of 19 years who satisfies four requirements to qualify. They must live with the person claiming a tax benefit, be a child of them, a foster child or be a sibling of the person.
POSTHUMOUS CHILD
One born after the death of its father; or, when the Cawa- reuu operation is performed, after that of the mother. Posthumus pro uato habetur. A posthumous child is considered us though boru, [at tlie parent’s death.] Hall v. Hancock, 13 Pick. (.Muss.) 258, 20 Am. Dec. 598.
NEGLECTED CHILD
the name that is given to a minor who isn’t getting the care he is entitled to.
NATURAL CHILD
A bastard ; a child born out of lawful wedlock. But in a statute declaring that adopted shall have all the rights of “natural” children. the word “natural” was used in the sense of* ” legitimate .” Barns v. Allen, 9 Am. Law Reg. (O. S.) 747. In Louisiana. Illegitimate children who have been adopted by the father. Civ. Code La. art. 220. In the civil law . A child by natural relation or procreation ; a child by birth, as distinguished from a child by adoption. Inst. 1. 11. pr.; Id. 3, 1, 2; Id. 3, 8, pr. A child by concubinage , in contradistinction to a child by marriage. Cod. 5, 27.
LEGITIMATE CHILD
the name given to a child who is born of married parents or a child born out of wedlock who has acquired legitimacy .
ILLEGITIMATE CHILD
the term that describes a child born to parents who are not married.
HERISCHILD
In old English law . A species of military service, or knight’s fee.Cowell.