orphan, n. 1. A child whose parents are dead. [Cases: Infants 2. C.J.S. Infants §§ 12, 108, 198.] 2. A child with one dead parent and one living parent. — More properly termed half orphan. 3. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been legally adopted; a child without a […]
Child Support Recovery Act of 1994. A statute that made it a federal offense for a person to willfully fail to pay past-due child support for a child who lived in another state. • This Act has been replaced by the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act. 42 USCA § 228. See DEADBEAT PARENTS PUNISHMENT ACT.
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domestic authority. 1. The legal power to use nondeadly force when reasonably necessary to protect a person for whom one is responsible. 2. A defense allowing a person responsible for another (such as a parent responsible for a child) to use nondeadly force when reasonably necessary to protect the person being cared for. [Cases: Assault
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dangerous instrumentality. An instrument, substance, or condition so inherently dangerous that it may cause serious bodily injury or death without human use or interference. • It may serve as the basis for strict liability. See ATTRACTIVE-NUISANCE DOCTRINE. Cf. deadly weapon under WEAPON. [Cases: Negligence 305–307, 1172–1178. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 170, 176–179, 399, 476–477, 494–526.]
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