Any person (but particularly a minor or infant) who has lost both (or one) of his or her parents. More particular-ly, a fatherless child. Soohan v. Philadelphia, 33 Pa. 24; Poston v. Young, 7 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 501; Chicago Guaranty Fund Life Soc. v. wheeler, 79 111. App. 241; Stewart v. Morrison, 38 Miss. 419; Downing v. Shoenberger, 9 watts (Pa.) 299
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
