adoption
nouns
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
"its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
is derived from
a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
is derived from
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
is a type of (narrower)
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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