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Paternal

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

Black's Law Dictionary

That which belongs to the father or comes from him.

— Paternal power. The authority lawfully exercised by parents over their children. This phrase is also used to translate the Latin "pairia potestas," (q. v.)

— Paternal property. That which descends or comes to one from his father, grandfather, or other ascendant or collateral on the paternal side of the house.