- parens
- (Roman law.) A parent; any relative in the direct ascending line.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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parens — et alliez, Necessarij et propinqui. B. Parent du costé du pere, Consanguineus, Agnatus. Estre parent d aucun, Cohaerere sanguine alicui, vel coniungi sanguine alicui. Il est mon parent, Attingit me sanguine. Il n a point de plus prochain parent… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
PARENS — vulgo Patrem et Matrem notat, vide infra Parentes. Sed Iurisprudentes Avos et Proavos, Avias et Proavias Parentum nomine appellari aiunt. Paulus de grad. Affinit. l. ICoss. et Caius l. Parentis appellatione de verbor. signif. At latius hodie… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Parens — (spr. ráng), Bewohner der Landes (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
parens — index parents, progenitor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
parens. — parens. (parenthesis) n. the characters ( ), curved lines used to enclose a sentence or phrase … English contemporary dictionary
Parens, S. — S. Parens (15. Nov.), ein Martyrer zu Hippo in Africa. S. S. Siddinus. (El.) … Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon
parens — /peuh renz /, n.pl. Informal. parentheses: The entire sentence should be in parens. [by shortening] * * * … Universalium
parens — /peuh renz /, n.pl. Informal. parentheses: The entire sentence should be in parens. [by shortening] … Useful english dictionary
parens. — parentheses. * * * parens., parentheses … Useful english dictionary
parens patriae — par·ens pat·ri·ae / par ənz pa trē ˌē, pā , trē ˌī; pär ens pä trē ˌī/ n [Latin, parent of the country]: the state in its capacity as the legal guardian of persons not sui juris and without natural guardians, as the heir to persons without… … Law dictionary
Parens patriae — is Latin for father of the people . In law, it refers to the public policy power of the state to usurp the rights of the natural parent, legal guardian or informal carer, and to act as the parent of any child or individual who is in need of… … Wikipedia
