To take into one’s family
Categories: Constitutional
Definition (1910 Edition)
the child of another and give him or her the rights, privileges, and duties of’a child and heir. State v. Thompson,, 13 La. Ann. 515; Abney v. De
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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