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ADOPTION — Le développement moderne de l’adoption est particulièrement remarquable. Si l’institution demeure inconnue notamment du droit musulman et de certaines législations d’Amérique latine, elle a pris une place importante dans les lois et dans les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ADOPTION — ADOPTION, taking another s child as one s own. Alleged Cases of Adoption in the Bible The evidence for adoption in the Bible is so equivocal that some have denied it was practiced in the biblical period. (A) GENESIS 15:2–3. Being childless, Abram … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Adoption — (von lat. adoptio) ist die rechtliche Begründung eines Eltern Kind Verhältnisses zwischen dem Annehmenden und dem Kind ohne Rücksicht auf die biologische Abstammung. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Historisches 2 Rechtslage in einzelnen Ländern und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
adoption — I (acceptance) noun acknowledgment, admission, approbation, approval, assimilation, assumption, attachment to, choice, co optation, election, embracement, espousal, favorable reception, ratification, reception, recognition, sanction, selection… … Law dictionary
Adoption — • Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Adoption Adoption † … Catholic encyclopedia
adoption — Adoption was a fairly common practice in ancient Mesopotamia, as revealed by the survival of a number of adoption contracts and other related documents, mostly dating from the second and first millennia b.c. A common reason for adopting a… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Adoption — Adoption, Annahme an Kindesstatt. Im deutschen Recht unbekannt, ebenso im größeren Theile der Schweiz. Dagegen durchs römische Recht, soweit es. Geltung erlangte, eingeführt. Der Adoptirte wird Descendent, d.h. Kind oder Enkel; an Brudersstelle u … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Adoption — A*dop tion, n. [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption.] 1. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one s own child. [1913 Webster] 2. Admission to a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ADOPTION — Adoption is known from legal contracts and law codes dating from the second and first millennia B.C. The most common form was to take an individual to be a son or daughter, but sibling and parental adoption was not unknown. Written documents,… … Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia
adoption — ADOPTION. s. f. Action d adopter. Tibère n étoit fils d Auguste que par adoption. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi au sens de Choix, préférence. Je ne sais pas ce qui a pu motiver une adoption aussi bizarre. C est son goût d adoption … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
adoption — Adoption. s. f. Action d adopter. Il est mon fils par adoption. nous sommes les enfans de Dieu par adoption … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
