Filiation

In civil law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father, mother, and their ancestors. Nature always points out the mother by evident signs, and, whether married or not, she is always certain, — mater semper certa est, etiamsi vulgo conceperit. There is not the same certainty with regard to the father, and the relation may not know, or may sumption to serve as a foundation for paternity and filiation. When the mother is or has been married, her husband is presumed to be the father of the children born during the coverture, or within a competent time afterwards, whether they were conceived during the coverture or not, — pater is eat quern, nuptiae demonstrant. In the Common Law. The establishment of the paternity of a bastard.

In Civil Law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father, mother, and their ancestors. Nature always points out the mother by evident signs, while the father is not so readily known; and the mother may not know or may feign ignorance as to the paternity; the law has therefore established a legal presumption to serve as a foundation for paternity and filiation. When the mother is or has been married, her husband is presumed to be the father of the children born during the coverture, or within a competent time afterwards, whether they were conceived during the coverture or not: pater is est quem nuptiae demonstrant. This rule is founded on two presumptions: one on the cohabitation before the birth of the child; and the other that the mother has faithfully observed the vow she made to her husband. This presumption may, however, be rebutted by showing either that there has been no cohabitation, or some physical or other impossibility that the husband could be the father. See Access; Bastard; Gestation; Natural Children; Paternity; Putative Father.

The relation of a child to its parent; correlative to "paternity." The judicial assignment of an illegitimate child to a designated man as its father.

In the civil law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to hls or her father, mother, and their ancestors.

The relation of a son to his father; the adjudging of a bastard to be the child of a certain man.

‘The relation of a child to its parent; correlative to “paternity.” The judicial assignment of an illegitimate child to a designated man as its father.

In the civil law. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father, mother, and their ancestors.

1. The relation of a son to his father. 2. The adjudging a bastard to be the cliild of some man.

[L. Lat. filiatio, from filius, a child.] The fact which creates the relation of parent and child. Hubback's Evid. of Success. 235. The adjudging of a bastard to be the child of a certain man. The fixing of a bastard child on some one as its father. Webster. See Affiliation.

civ. law, is the descent of son or daughter with regard to her father and his ancestors.