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orphanage
(encz) | orphanage,sirotčinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Orphanage
(gcide) | Orphanage \Or"phan*age\, n.
1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans,
collectively.
[1913 Webster]
2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
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orphanage
(wn) | orphanage
n 1: the condition of being a child without living parents; "his
early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" [syn:
orphanage, orphanhood]
2: a public institution for the care of orphans [syn:
orphanage, orphans' asylum] |
ORPHANAGE
(bouvier) | ORPHANAGE, Eng. law. By the custom of London, when a freeman of that city
dies, his estate is divided into three parts, as follows: one third part to
the widow; another, to the children advanced by him in his lifetime, which
is called the orphanage; and the other third part may be by him disposed of
by will. Now, however, a freeman may dispose of his estate as he pleases;
but in cases of intestacy, the statute of distribution expressly excepts and
reserves the custom of London. Lov. on Wills, 102, 104; Bac. Ab. Custom of
London, C. Vide Legitime.
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Orphanage
(gcide) | Orphanage \Or"phan*age\, n.
1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans,
collectively.
[1913 Webster]
2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
[1913 Webster] |
ORPHANAGE
(bouvier) | ORPHANAGE, Eng. law. By the custom of London, when a freeman of that city
dies, his estate is divided into three parts, as follows: one third part to
the widow; another, to the children advanced by him in his lifetime, which
is called the orphanage; and the other third part may be by him disposed of
by will. Now, however, a freeman may dispose of his estate as he pleases;
but in cases of intestacy, the statute of distribution expressly excepts and
reserves the custom of London. Lov. on Wills, 102, 104; Bac. Ab. Custom of
London, C. Vide Legitime.
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