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Webster 1913 Edition
Filiation
1.
The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
The relation of paternity and
filiation
. Sir M. Hale.
2.
(Law)
The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Filiation
FILIA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The relation of a son or child to a father; correlative to paternity.2.
Adoption.Definition 2024
filiation
filiation
English
Noun
filiation (countable and uncountable, plural filiations)
- (uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
- (countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
- (countable, law) The determination of paternity.
- (countable, law) One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.
- The filiations are from a common stock.