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n

A person relying on another for financial support; a relative for whom a taxpayer may claim an exemption on his income tax return.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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