In the civil law. The adoption of a person who was of full age or sui juris. 1 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 119; Dig. 1, 7, 5; Inst. 1, 11, 3. Relnders v. Kop-pelmann, 68 Mo. 497, 3^ Am. Rep. 802
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
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