Filiate
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To declare whose child a bastard is. 2 W. Bl. 1017.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To adjudge the paternity of a child; to adopt a child.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To declare whose child a bastard is. 2 W. Bla. 101*7.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
To fix a bastard child on some one, as its father. To declare whose child it is. 2 W. Bl. 1017.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To fix a bastard child on some one, as its father.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To fix a bastard child on some one, a3 its father, To declare whose child ifis, 2W BL 1017. Filiatio non potest probari. Co. Litt. 126. Filiation cannot be proved.