head of family

head of family. A person who supports one or more people related by birth, adoption, or marriage and with whom those persons maintain their permanent domicile. • The phrase head of family appears most commonly in homestead law. For a person to have the status of head of family, there must, of necessity, be at least two people in the family. — Also termed head of a family. Cf. HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD.

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译员黎川，在一家顶尖澳洲律师事务所的上海办公室担任全职法律翻译，擅长翻译涉及工业与制造业领域的法律文件。