fil·i·a·tion

(fĭl′ē-ā′shən)

a. The condition or fact of being the child of a certain parent.

b. Law Judicial determination of the paternity of a nonmarital child for the purposes of compelling support.

2. A line of descent; derivation.

a. The act or fact of forming a new branch, as of a society or language group.

b. The branch thus formed.

[Medieval Latin fīliātiō, fīliātiōn-, quality of being a son, legal right of a son, from Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

fil′i·ate′ v.

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filiation

(ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən)

1. (Genetics) line of descent; lineage; derivation

2. (Genetics) the fact of being the child of certain parents

3. (Law) law the act or process of filiating

4. (Law) law a less common word for affiliation order

5. (Law) the set of rules governing the attachment of children to their parents and its social consequences

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fil•i•a•tion

(ˌfɪl iˈeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the fact of being the child of a certain parent.

2. descent as if from a parent; derivation.

3. the judicial determination of the paternity of a child, esp. an illegitimate one.

4. the relation of one thing to another from which it is derived.

filiation

1. the f act or condition of being a son or daughter.
2. the relation of child to parent, especially father.

filiation

[ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən] N → filiación f

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The various degrees of difference in the languages from the same stock, would have to be expressed by groups subordinate to groups; but the proper or even only possible arrangement would still be genealogical; and this would be strictly natural, as it would connect together all languages, extinct and modern, by the closest affinities, and would give the filiation and origin of each tongue.

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L'article vise a demontrer que d'une proposition a l'autre, les motifs justifiant de preserver la filiation d'origine de certains enfants adoptes semblent avoir ete oublies ou ecartes.

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She said that Article 992 of the New Civil Code and Article 175 of the Family Code on proving filiation are legal setbacks against illegitimate children.

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Noun	1.	filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors line of descent, lineage, descent family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption bilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
	2.	filiation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline ancestry, derivation, lineage hereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents descent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal