natural child

natural child
1. Law.
a. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse.
b. (esp. in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
[1860-65]

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  • natural child — n. A child that is related to his or her parents by blood, not adoption. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. natural child n. A biologi …   Law dictionary

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  • child — child; Children Progeny; offspring of parentage. Unborn or recently born human being. Wilson v. Weaver, 358 F.Supp. 1147, 1154. At common law one who had not attained the age of fourteen years, though the meaning now varies in different statutes; …   Black's law dictionary

  • Natural — Nat u*ral (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.] 1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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