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Definition of Paternity suit
1. Noun. A lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined).
Generic synonyms: Case, Causa, Cause, Lawsuit, Suit
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Paternity suit
1. Noun. A lawsuit to identify a child's father and establish child support. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paternity Suit
Literary usage of Paternity suit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical Survey by Käthe Schirmacher (1912)
"An illicit mother cannot file a paternity suit. In practice, however, the courts
in a roundabout way give the illicit mother an opportunity to file an ..."
2. The Woman Citizen's Library: A Systematic Course of Reading in Preparation by Shailer Mathews (1913)
"On the other hand an illicit mother could not file a paternity suit." * Yet in
the Revolution of 1830 and ..."
3. Chaparral Serendipity: Things From Under The Bushes by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"She was neatly “buried” during the election every time her name popped up--but “if
she lives” she is now preparing a paternity suit against our good ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Appellate Court of the State of Indiana by Appellate Court, Indiana Appellate Court, Indiana (1918)
"—The mere fact that during the trial of n paternity suit the mother was ...
Where, in a paternity suit, misconduct of the attorney for the State in the ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of by Indiana Supreme Court (1897)
"The notes in suit were executed by the father and son in settlement of a paternity
suit which appellee had instituted against the latter. ..."
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