- the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
- descent as if from a parent; derivation.
- the judicial determination of the paternity of a child, especially of one born out of wedlock.
- the relation of one thing to another from which it is derived.
- the act of filiating.
- the state of being filiated.
- an affiliated branch, as of a society.
- line of descent; lineage; derivation
- the fact of being the child of certain parents
- the act or process of filiating
- law a less common word for affiliation order
- the set of rules governing the attachment of children to their parents and its social consequences
