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- : a legal relationship of a parent and especially a father and child that creates rights and obligations
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As described by the Government of Quebec: Filiation is the relationship which exists between a child and the child’s parents, whether the parents are of the same or the opposite sex. The relationship can be established by blood, by law in certain cases, or by a judgment of adoption.
1. a. : filial relationship especially of a son to his father. b. : the adjudication of paternity. 2. a. : descent or derivation especially from a culture or language. b. : the act or process of determining such relationship. Examples of filiation in a Sentence.
filiation: noun affiliation , assignment of paternity , blood relationship , cognation , determination of a child's paaernity, family connection , fatherhood ...
Definitions of "filiation". An officially recognized bond, often between a parent and a child, that establishes certain rights and responsibilities. The legal process of affirming or determining somebody's status as a parent or child.
noun. line of descent; lineage; derivation. the fact of being the child of certain parents. law the act or process of filiating. law a less common word for affiliation order. the set of rules governing the attachment of children to their parents and its social consequences. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of filiation 1.
term: Filiation. filiation n. [Late Latin filiatio relationship of a son and father, from Latin filius son] 1: a legal relationship of a parent and esp. a father and child that creates rights and obligations [used to help prove in a paternity suit " LeBlanc v.
Definition & Citations: The relation of a child to its parent: correlative to “paternity.”The judicial assignment of an illegitimate child to a designated man as its father.In the civil law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father,mother, and their ancestors.
