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family compact.See COMPACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

family-car doctrine.See FAMILY-PURPOSE RULE.[Blacks Law 8th]

family-autonomy doctrine.See PARENTAL-AUTONOMY DOCTRINE.[Blacks Law 8th]

family-automobile doctrine.See FAMILY-PURPOSE RULE.[Blacks Law 8th]

family arrangement.An informal agreement among family members, usu. to distribute property in a manner other than what the law provides for. — Also termed family settlement. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 82.C.J.S. Descent and Distribution § 78.][Blacks Law 8th]

Family and Medical Leave Act.A 1993 federal statute providing that employees may take unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family reasons, as when a family member is sick or when a child is born.29 USCA §§ 2601 et seq. • The statute applies to businesses with 50 or more employees. An employee may take up to…

family allowance.See ALLOWANCE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

family,n.1. A group of persons connected by blood, by affinity, or by law, esp. within two or three generations. 2. A group consisting of parents and their children. 3. A group of persons who live together and have a shared commitment to a domestic relationship. See RELATIVE. — familial,adj. blended family.The combined families of persons…

familiares regis (f<<schwa>>-mil-ee-air-eez ree-jis). [Law Latin] Hist. 1.Persons of the king’s household. 2. The ancient title of the six clerks of chancery in England.[Blacks Law 8th]

familiae erciscundae (f<<schwa>>-mil-ee-ee <<schwa>>r-sis-k<<schwa>>n-dee). See actio familiae erciscundae under ACTIO.[Blacks Law 8th]