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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Any person (but particularly a minor or infant) who has lost both (or one) of his or her parents. More particularly, a fatherless child.

Sooban v. Philadelphia, 33 Pa. 24; Poston v. Young, 7 J. J. Marsh. (Kyi) 501; Chicago Guaranty Fund Life Soc. v. Wheeler, 79 III. App. 241; Stewart v. Morrison, 38 Miss. 419; Downing v. Shoenberger, 9 Watts (Pat) 299.