What is the establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation called?
affiliation — (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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