Adopted Child
/ˈædɒptɪd tʃaɪld/
Definitions
- (n.) A person legally taken and raised as one's own child through the process of adoption, acquiring parental rights and duties like those of a biological child.
The court recognized the adopted child as having the same inheritance rights as a biological child.
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Commentary
The term emphasizes the legal creation of parent-child relationship distinct from biological lineage, important for inheritance and custody rights.
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