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• Adoption — For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.… …   Wikipedia

• Adoption in ancient Rome — In ancient Rome, adoption of boys was a fairly common procedure, particularly in the upper senatorial class. The need for a male heir and the expense of raising children were strong incentives to have at least one son, but not too many children.… …   Wikipedia

• ADOPTION — ADOPTION, taking another s child as one s own. Alleged Cases of Adoption in the Bible The evidence for adoption in the Bible is so equivocal that some have denied it was practiced in the biblical period. (A) GENESIS 15:2–3. Being childless, Abram …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Adoption in the United States — is the legal act of adoption, of permanently placing a person under the age of 18 with a parent or parents other than the birth parents in the United States.The 2000 census was the first census in which adoption statistics were collected. The… …   Wikipedia

• adoption — I (acceptance) noun acknowledgment, admission, approbation, approval, assimilation, assumption, attachment to, choice, co optation, election, embracement, espousal, favorable reception, ratification, reception, recognition, sanction, selection… …   Law dictionary

• Through the Ashes of Empires — Studioalbum von Machine Head Veröffentlichung 16. Dezember 2003 Label Roadrunner Records …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• through the wringer — informal : through a series of very difficult or unpleasant experiences Those poor people have really gone/been through the wringer lately. They were put through the wringer by the adoption agency. • • • Main Entry: ↑wringer …   Useful english dictionary

• Adoption in California — Agencies that handle adoption in California can range from government funded agencies that place California children at little of no cost, to attorneys who arrange private adoptions, to international non profit adoption agencies. Total adoption… …   Wikipedia

• adoption — noun 1 of child VERB + ADOPTION ▪ offer sb for, place sb for, put sb up for ▪ She has decided to put the child up for adoption. ▪ be available for ▪ When will the child be available for ad …   Collocations dictionary

• Adoption reunion registry — An adoption reunion registry is a formal mechanism through which adoptees and their birth families can attempt a reunion.Generally, such adoption registries exist only in countries which practise closed adoption , i.e. adoption in which the full… …   Wikipedia

• adoption — Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child s legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted. To take into one s family the child of another …   Black's law dictionary