The Family

2. - a blood relation between two people
5. - a form of social organization in which a woman is the head
7. - of or based on kinship with the mother or fe
8. - a predetermined sum awarded to a spouse or former spouse after a separation or divorce.
10. - the practice of marrying or the state of being married to one person at a time
11. - of or based on the kinship with the father or male line
14. - sexual relations between family members or close relatives
16. - is a system of society or government which is run by men
17. - each of two or more offspring having one or both parents in common
19. - the act of declaring something invalid
20. - the legally or formally recognized union of two people in a personal relationship
21. - centered on a father or patriarch

1. - a legal dissolution of marriage by a court or other competent body
3. - where a woman has more than one husband at the same time.
4. line
6. - the offense of marrying someone while already married to another person
9. - where a man has more than one wife at the same time
10. - centered on a mother or matriarch
12. - to receive as an heir at the death of the previous owner..
13. family - is a family that extends beyond the nuclear family and includes other family members
15. family - is a couple and their dependent children as one social unit
17. - a relative professional or social standing/rank.
18. separation - an arrangement by which a couple remain married but live apart following a court order.