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adoption,n.1.Family  law.  The  creation  of  a  parent–child  relationship  by  judicial  order between  two  parties  who  usu.  are  unrelated;  the  relation  of  parent  and  child  created  by  law between  persons  who  are  not in  fact parent and  child.  •  This relationship  is brought about  only after  a  determination  that  the  child  is  an  orphan  or  has …

adoptee.  A  person  who  has become the legal  child  of  one  or two  nonbiological  parents. — Also termed adopted child. [Blacks Law 8th]

adopted child.See CHILD. [Blacks Law 8th]

adoptability,n. Family law. 1. A child’s availability to be adopted, esp. by reason of all legal impediments  having  been  removed.  2.  The  likelihood  of  a  child’s  being  adopted;  a  prospective adoptee’s desirability from the pros-pective parents’ point of view. — adoptable,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad       omissa       vel       male       appretiata       (ad       oh-mis-<<schwa>>       vel       mal-ee <<schwa>>-pree-shee-ay-t<<schwa>>).  [Law  Latin]  Scots  law.  Concerning  things  omitted  or undervalued.  •  The  phrase  appeared  in  reference  to  an  executor’s  duty  to  include  in  an  estate’s inventory previously omitted items or to reevaluate undervalued items in the estate’s inventory. [Blacks Law 8th]

adnotatio  (ad-noh-tay-shee-oh),  n.[Latin]  Roman  law.  A  note  written  in  the  margin  of  a document;  esp.,  the  reply  of  the  emperor  in  his  own  hand  to  a  petition  addressed  to  him.  Pl. adnotationes (ad-noh-tay-shee-oh-neez). See RESCRIPT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

ad non executa (ad non ek-s<<schwa>>-kyoo-t<<schwa>>), adv.[Latin] Hist. For the things not executed (as by an executor). [Blacks Law 8th]

ad nocumentum (ad nok-yoo-men-t<<schwa>>m), adv.[Law Latin] Hist. To the nuisance; to the hurt or injury. [Blacks Law 8th]

adnihilare (ad-nI-h<<schwa>>-lair-ee), vb.[Law Latin] Hist. To annul; to make void. [Blacks Law 8th]

adneptis (ad-nep-tis), n.[Latin] Hist. A great-great-granddaughter. [Blacks Law 8th]