parentage

parentage
I noun ancestry, antecedents, birth, bloodline, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family connection, family tree, filiation, forebears, forefathers, foreparents, former generations, genealogical tree, genealogy, genesis, genus, house, line, line of ancestors, lineage, origin, paternity, pedigree, primogenitors, progenitors, source, stem, stirps, stock, tribe associated concepts: determination of parentage, illegitimacy, legitimacy, paternity proceeding II index adoption (affiliation), affiliation (bloodline), affinity (family ties), ancestry, birth (lineage), blood, bloodline, citation (attribution), derivation, descent (lineage), family (common ancestry), filiation, lineage, origin (ancestry), origination, paternity, race, source

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


parentage
in both England and Scotland it is legally presumed that a child born during marriage is also the child of the husband. The presumption can be rebutted. The court can order DNA (See DNA profiling) or other tests, but if the mother, having control, does not allow samples to be taken then all the court can do is draw such inferences as are appropriate. There are very technical rules as to who is a parent in cases of artificial insemination and the like: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. See illegitimacy.

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  • parentage — ⇒PARENTAGE, subst. masc. A. Lien de parenté. Croiriez vous qu ils [les bohémiens] se mirent tous à m adorer la dedans! Les marmots, cousins ou frères, car notre parentage était embrouillé, volaient pour moi des raisins et des pêches (ARÈNE, J.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Parentage — Par ent*age (p[^a]r ent*[asl]j; 277), n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.] Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. Wilt thou deny… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parentage — (n.) late 15c., parental conduct, from Fr. parentage (12c.), from parent (see PARENT (Cf. parent)). Meaning lineage is from 1560s; figurative use from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • parentage — du costé du pere, Agnatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • parentage — Parentage. s. m. Parenté. Il vieillit, & ne s employe guere qu en vers …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • parentage — ► NOUN ▪ the identity and origins of one s parents; lineage …   English terms dictionary

  • parentage — [per′ən tij, par′ən tij] n. [LME < MFr] 1. descent or derivation from parents or ancestors; lineage; origin 2. the position or relation of a parent; parenthood …   English World dictionary

  • parentage — (pa ran ta j ) s. m. Union par les liens du sang ou par les alliances de. famille. •   Si nommer en son parentage Une longue suite d aïeux, Que la gloire a mis dans les cieux, Est réputé grand avantage, MALH. IV, 5. •   Tous ceux que le parentage …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • parentage — [[t]pe͟ərəntɪʤ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft of adj N Your parentage is the identity and origins of your parents. For example, if you are of Greek parentage, your parents are Greek. She s a Londoner of mixed parentage (English and Jamaican)... We are all… …   English dictionary

  • parentage — noun a) Of or pertaining to ones parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of ones birth. My fortunes parentage good parentage To equal mine! was it not thus? What say you? b) The social quality of your class in society. Jeo sui de bon parentage …   Wiktionary

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