Family

^ Originally, servants; in its modern comprehensive meaning, a collective body of persons living together in one house, or within the curtilage.' In popular acceptance includes parents, children, servants — all whose domieil or home is ordinarily in the same house and under the same management and head.< In its limited sense signifies father, mother, and children; in its ordinary acceptation, all the relatives who descend from a common root; in its most extensive scope, all the individuals who live together under the authority of another, including even servants.* The most comprehensive definition is, a number of persons who live in one house and under one management or head." No specific number of persons is required; nor that they eat where they live, nor that they be employed in or about the house.^ Children, wife and children, blood relatives, or the members of the domestic circle; according to the connection.' Includes children over age, if they have no home elsewhere." Family arrangement. An arrangement between members of a family as to the disposition of their property. - > See 1 Bish. Or. L. § 1088; 2 Greenl.

Ev. § 44; 88 Conn. 467; 132 Mass. 2; 74 Me. 153; 29 Minn. 193, 195. * L. familia, household: domestics: famulus, a servant. s Wilson V. Cochran, 31 Tex. 680 (1869); Eooo v. Green, 50 id. 483 (1878). < Cheshire v. Burlington, 81 Conn. 339 (1803); 51 Mich. 494. ' Galligar v. Payne, 31 La. An. 1058 (1883), Bermudez, C. J.: 15Eeti. 464. • Poor V. Hudson Ins. Co., 3 F. E. 488 (1880). ' Spencer v. Spencer, 11 Paige, 160 (1844), Walvrorth, Ch. See also Muir u Howell, 87 N. J. L. 39 (1883), eases; Race v. Oldridge, 90 111. 253 (1878); 3 Woods, 494; 53 Iowa, 707; 56 id. 389; 125 Mass. 377; 138 id.

334; 137 Family Bible. Containing entries of family incidents,—births, marriages, and deaths, made by a parent, since deceased, will be received in evidence. ^ See Pedigree. Family ootincil, or meeting. In Louisiana, a meeting of the I'elatives or friends of a minor or other person incompetent to act for himself, may be held, by j\idicial appointment, to advise upon the interests of such person. 2 ^ Fam.ily physician. The physician who usually attends and is consulted by the members of a family as their physician.' It is not necessary that he should invariably attend and be consulted by each and all the members of the family.* Family use. Such use as is appropriate to the individual needs of the members of a household, and to the needs of the household in its collective capacity.'' To supply water for family use in a city includes supplying city buildings, such as a 'jail, and hospitals, poorhouses, schools, and other institutions * Groceries kept by a merchant as part of liis stock are not "provisions found on hand for family use," within the meaning of an exemption law.* Head of a family. The person who controls, supervises or manages the affairs about a house. Where there is a husband or father, he is ordinarily the head; but there may be a head where there is no marriage relation.* Compare Householder; Pater.