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affiliation order

American  

noun

British Law.

  1. a court order requiring the father of an illegitimate child to make child-support payments.

affiliation order British  

noun

  1. law (formerly) an order made by a magistrates' court that a man adjudged to be the father of an illegitimate child shall contribute a specified periodic sum towards the child's maintenance

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Etymology

Origin of affiliation order

First recorded in 1830–40

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