Parents
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The lawful father and mother of the party spoken of.
1 Murph. (N. C.) 336; 11 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 93.
The term "parent" differs from that of "ancestor;" the latter embracing not only the father and mother, but every person in an ascending line. It differs also from "predecessor."
Wood Inst. 68; 7 Ves. 522; 1 Mui-ph. (N. C.) 336; 6 Bin. (Pa.) 255.
See "Father." By the civil law, grandfathers and grandmothers, and other ascendants, were, in certain cases, considered parents. Diet, de Jur. "Parente." See 1 Ashm. (Pa.) 55; 2 Kent, Comm. 159; 5 East, 223; Bouv. Xnst. Index. support their children, even when illegitimate.
Lofft, 222.
PARES (Lat.) A man's equals; his peers.
3 Bl. Comm. 349.
PARES CURIAE (Lat.) In feudal law. Those vassals who were bound to attend the lord's court. Ersk. Inst. bk.
2, tit. 3, § 17; 1 Washb. Real Prop.