Family and Relationship Terms 1

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Across
  1. 2. the practice of marrying or state of being married to one person at a time
  2. 5. financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance
  3. 7. Blood relationship;
  4. 9. a legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship.
  5. 11. family A traditional family that consists of mother, father and their legitimate children
  6. 12. the practice or custom of having more than one wife
  7. 13. A legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void
  8. 15. agreement an agreement made between two people before marrying that establishes rights to property and support in the event of divorce or death
  9. 16. your mother’s parents are your maternal grandparents because they are on your mother’s side of the family
  10. 17. the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
  11. 19. rivalry the ongoing conflict between kids raised in the same family. It can happen between blood-related siblings, stepsiblings, and even adopted or foster siblings
  12. 21. your father’s parents are your paternal grandparents because they are on your father’s side of the family
  13. 24. Ruled or controlled by female individuals
Down
  1. 1. he practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
  2. 3. of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line:
  3. 4. rivalry Dispute among members of a family
  4. 6. the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another.
  5. 8. Polygamous relationship whereby a woman has more than one husband
  6. 10. family A family that consists of cousins, grandparent’s, aunts, uncles, mother, father and children.
  7. 12. Ruled or controlled by male individuals
  8. 14. has been adapted to suit the role in society as the web od relationships formed among individuals that reflect their close bond
  9. 18. each of two or more children or offspring having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister
  10. 20. Having sexual relations with a member of your blood family
  11. 22. of or based on kinship with the father or the male line:
  12. 23. With respect to society, it is the rank a person holds with attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social hierarchy based upon honor or prestige.