family meeting

family meeting. Hist. Civil law.

1. An advisory council called to aid the court in a family-law matter, such as arrangement of a guardianship for a minor or an incompetent adult. • If a person had no relatives, the court could summon friends of the person instead.

2. A council of relatives of a minor assembled to advise the minor in his or her affairs and to help administer the minor’s property. — Also termed family council. [Cases: Guardian and Ward 9.]

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