Word of the Day:
affiliation
What It Means
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity.
A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
Affiliation in Context
“If the defendant is adjudged to be the father, an affiliation order can be made under which he will be obliged to pay any expenses incidental to the birth and to pay a weekly sum for the maintenance and education of the child.”
Did You Know?
From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius (“son”)).
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