filiation

fil·i·a·tion

F0118800 (fĭl′ē-ā′shən)n.1. a. The condition or fact of being the child of a certain parent.b. Law Judicial determination of the paternity of a nonmarital child for the purposes of compelling support.2. A line of descent; derivation.3. a. The act or fact of forming a new branch, as of a society or language group.b. The branch thus formed.

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[Medieval Latin fīliātiō, fīliātiōn-, quality of being a son, legal right of a son, from Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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fil′i·ate′ v.

filiation

(ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən) n1. (Genetics) line of descent; lineage; derivation2. (Genetics) the fact of being the child of certain parents3. (Law) law the act or process of filiating4. (Law) law a less common word for affiliation order5. (Law) the set of rules governing the attachment of children to their parents and its social consequences

fil•i•a•tion

(ˌfɪl iˈeɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the fact of being the child of a certain parent. 2. descent as if from a parent; derivation. 3. the judicial determination of the paternity of a child, esp. an illegitimate one. 4. the relation of one thing to another from which it is derived.

filiation

1. the f act or condition of being a son or daughter.
2. the relation of child to parent, especially father.See also: Parents, Relationship

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitorsline of descent, lineage, descentfamily relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoptionbilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the familyunilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
	2.	filiation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodlineancestry, derivation, lineagehereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parentsdescent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal

Translations

filiazione