family law

family law definition - legal

n

Collectively, those laws dealing with matters of significant impact on family relationships, particularly adoption, divorce, custody, and abuse.

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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