Family

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Across
  1. 2. Composed of more than two generations of a family living together.
  2. 5. Family arrangement in which authority lies with the father.
  3. 9. A family unit which is headed by a father and lacks a mother permanently or for an extended period time.
  4. 10. The declaration by the law court that a marriage is null and void, as if it never happened in the first place.
  5. 12. Property or other assets passed at the owner's death to those entitled to receive them, either by a will or by the laws governing it.
  6. 13. The practice of being married to only one husband or wife.
  7. 15. The formal legal dissolution of a legally constituted marriage.
  8. 16. A family unit which is headed by a mother and lacks a father permanently or for an extended period time.
  9. 17. The practice of having more than one husband at the same time, where this is legal.
  10. 18. The social position held by an individual in a particular situation.
  11. 19. The criminal offence of marrying a person while still legally married to another.
Down
  1. 1. The legal procedure by which a married couple remains legally married while living apart.
  2. 3. Line of descent traced through the male line
  3. 4. Financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce.
  4. 6. Family relationship.
  5. 7. Line of descent traced through the female line
  6. 8. Family arrangement in which authority lies with the mother.
  7. 11. A family including both parents and their child or children.
  8. 14. The practice of having more than one wife at the same time, where this is legal.
  9. 16. A legally reconized relationship between an adult male and female that carries certain rights and obligations.
  10. 18. Each of two or more children or offspring having one or both parents in common