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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
This entry consists of two subentries:
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Adoption involves the complete absorption of a child or an adult from the family of birth into a new family.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Formal adoption is forbidden by the Quran (33:4–5), which calls for children to carry their own names since
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A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
Although legal adoption was recognized in the ancient Near East as far back as the Code of Hammurabi around 1700
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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
(υἱοθεσία). In Byz. legal practice adoption did not establish patria potestas; the adopted child/adult could inherit from an adoptive
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Encyclopedia of Social Work (20 ed.)
Adoption of children from foster care and international adoptions have accelerated since 1987. Federal policy changes have markedly increased the
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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
[This entry contains five subentries, on adoption in ancient Greek law, in Chinese law, in English common law, in
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
At the turn of the twenty-first century, Latino children constitute 17 percent of the child population in the United States
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Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present
Adoption traditionally refers to the legal act of permanently placing a child under the age of eighteen with a family
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The Oxford Companion to Canadian History
Child adoption, both customary and legislative, has left few families untouched in pre- and post-contact Canada. Although ‘adoption’ has been
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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
A register of adoption from 1927 onwards is kept at the General Register Office, St Catherine's House, London.
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World Encyclopedia
Act of a person legally taking as a child one who is not his/her own by birth or law. In
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The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)
Legal adoption was introduced in England and Wales in 1926 and in Northern Ireland in 1929. In independent Ireland
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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
Few records of guardianship or fostering survive. No formal mechanism was available until 1927, unless the parties drew up a ...
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The New Oxford Companion to Law
Adoption is a process for conferring parental rights and is currently governed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
Classical Jewish law skirts the issue of adoption. While halakhah does not recognize adoption as the creation of a legally-binding
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Mark Golden, Adolf Berger, Barry Nicholas, and Susan M. Treggiari
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
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The Oxford Companion to American Law
Relationships come in many varieties, but only two flavors are legally families: connections of consanguinity (ties of blood) and connections
