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Definition of Stepchildren
1. stepchild [n] - See also: stepchild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepchildren
Literary usage of Stepchildren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transfer Tax Law of the State of New York: Being Sections 220 to 245 by George Washington McElroy (1909)
"stepchildren. By the amendment of section 221 of the Tax Law by chapter 368, Laws
of 1905, bequests to stepchildren who had lived in the same family with ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1889)
"stepchildren; Quasi Parental Relation. — It is well settled that in the absence
of statutes a person is not entitled to the custody and earnings of ..."
3. Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data From the 1995 by Joyce C. Abma, A. Chandra, W. Mosher, L. Peterson (1998)
"... Child Care Adoption, stepchildren, and Foster Children Among working women
with at least one child under age 5, the most commonly ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"A stepfather who receives his stepchildren into his family stands in loco parentis
to them, and in default of an agreement no presumption will arise that he ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"contract, to Include stepchildren. Tepper v. Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum,
45 Atl. Ill, 115, 59 NJ Eq. 321. See, also, Hussey v. ..."
6. The History of Hampton Court Palace by Ernest Philip Alphonse Law (1890)
"... and the Fair Geraldine—Reception of the Viceroy of Sicily— The War with
France—Catherine Parr and her stepchildren—The King's increasing Infirmities—His ..."
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