Arrogation
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In the civil law. The adoption of a person who was of full age or sui juris.
1 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 119; Dig. 1, 7, 5; Inst. 1, 11, 3. Reinders v. Kop-pelmann, 68 Mo. 497, 30 Am. Rep. 802.