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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词条贡献者

译者蒋毅，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与破产与资产重组相关的法律文件。