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affiliation order
noun
, British Law.
- a court order requiring the father of an illegitimate child to make child-support payments.
affiliation order
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of affiliation order1
First recorded in 1830–40
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