father

Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

United States Code

8 U.S.C. § 1101 — as used in this chapter (3 versions over time)

The terms “parent”, “father”, or “mother” mean a parent, father, or mother only where the relationship exists by reason of any of the circumstances set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that, for purposes of paragraph (1)(F) (other than the second proviso therein) and paragraph (1)(G)(i) in the case of a child born out of wedlock described in paragraph (1)(D) (and not described in paragraph (1)(C)), the term “parent” does not include the natural father of the child if the father has disappeared or abandoned or deserted the child or if the father has in writing irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption.

8 U.S.C. § 1101 — as used in this chapter

The terms “parent”, “father”, and “mother” include in the case of a posthumous child a deceased parent, father, and mother.

38 U.S.C. § 1901 — for the purposes of this subchapter (4 versions over time)

The terms “parent”, “father”, and “mother” mean a father, mother, father through adoption, mother through adoption, persons who have stood in loco parentis to a member of the military or naval forces at any time before entry into active service for a period of not less than one year, and a stepparent, if designated as beneficiary by the insured.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

He by whom a child is begotten.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

He by whom a child is begotten. See Parent and Child; Infant.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The male parent He by whom a child is begotten. As used in law, this term may (according to the context and the nature of the instrument) include a putative as well as a legal father, also a stepfather, an adoptive father or a grandfather, but is not as wide as the word "parent," and cannot be so construed as to include a female. Lind v. Burke, 56 Neb. 785, 77 N. W. 444; Crook v. Webb, 125 Ala. 457, 28 Southi 384; Cotheal v. Cotheal, 40 N. Y. 410; Lantznes-ter v. State, 19 Tex. App. 321; Thornburg v. American Strawboard Co., 141 Ind. 443, 40 N. E. 1062, 50 Am. St Rep. 334.

— Father-in-law. The father of one's wife or husband.
—rFntative father. The alleged or reputed father of an illegitimate child. State v. Nestaval, 72 Minn. 415, 75 N. W. 725.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Ancestor; Bastard; Child; Consanguinity; Descent; Mother; Name, 1; Parent. Compare Pater; Partus. FAUCES TEBRiE. L. The jaws of the land: projecting headlands inclosing an arm of the sea.^ See Sea.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

PUTATIVE. Vide Putative father.