Parens

A parent. This was the original and proper sense of the word. In the civil law, any relative in the direct ascending line, either male or female. PARENS EST NOMEN GENERALE AD omne genus cognationis. Parent is a general name for every kind of relationship. Co. Litt. 80; Litt. §108; Magna Carta Johan. c. 50. PARENS PATRIAE (Lat.) Father of his country. In England, the king, in America, the -state, 94 Kan. 115; the people, 3 Bl. Comm. 427; 2 Steph. Comm. 528; 4 Kent, Comm. 508, note; 17 How. (U. S.) 393; Shelf. Ins. 12; 94 Kan. 115, Ann. Cas. 1916E 1024.

Lat In Roman law. A parent; originally and properly only the father or mother of the person spoken of; but also, by an extension of its meaning, any relative, male or female, In the line of direct ascent.

— Parens patriæ. Parent of the country. In England, the king. In the United States, the state, as a sovereign, is the parens patnœ. "Parens" est nomen generale ad omne genus cognationis. Co. Litt. 80. "Parent" is a name general for every kind of relationship.

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In old English law. A pound; a place for confining cattle found doing damage; a park; an enclosed place for the preservation of deer.

A parent, q. v. Parens patriae. Father of the country. This phrase expresses that relation of the sovereign to the subject by virtue of which he has a kind of guardianship over various classes of persons, who, from their legal disability, stand in need of protection, such as infants, idiots, and lunatics. In the United States, the people constitute the parens patrice. cestors; kindred in the direct line ascending. " Parents " is generally confined to the immediate father and mother, " ancestors " being used when more remote relatives are intended. But parentage is often used of the whole line of descent.