filiate

verbs

fix the paternity of
"The court filiated the child born out of wedlock"
filiate
is derived from
filiation
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"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
fix conclusively or authoritatively
"set the rules"
determine, set