Family

4. The practice of having more than one wife at the same time, where this is legal.
5. A legally recognized relationship between an adult male and female that carries certain rights and obligations.
9. Line of descent traced through the female line
12. Family arrangement in which authority lies with the mother.
16. A family including both parents and their child or children.
17. Each of two or more children or offspring having one or both parents in common
19. Financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce.
20. Line of descent traced through the male line
22. The legal procedure by which a married couple remains legally married while living apart.

1. The criminal offence of marrying a person while still legally married to another.
2. The practice of having more than one husband at the same time, where this is legal.
3. The practice of being married to only one husband or wife.
6. 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.
7. Family arrangement in which authority lies with the father.
8. The formal legal dissolution of a legally constituted marriage.
10. Composed of more than two generations of a family living together.
11. A family unit which is headed by a mother and lacks a father permanently or for an extended period time.
13. The declaration by the law court that a marriage is null and void, as if it never happened in the first place.
14. Family relationship.
15. A family unit which is headed by a father and lacks a mother permanently or for an extended period time.
18. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry.
21. The social position held by an individual in a particular situation.