Family

4. a court-ordered agreement in which a married couple lives separate lives, usually by living apart
5. family pattern involving several generations of a family living as part of one household: this may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces
8. a financial term describing the assets passed down to individuals after someone dies
9. relative rank within family or society
10. brother or sister
11. legal union between a man and a woman, permanent unless dissolved by divorce
13. family pattern in which the father carries responsibilities for the family; common in patriarchal societies
15. sexual relations between people classed as family members or close relatives
16. family pattern in which the father is the head of the family
18. court-ordered payments awarded to a spouse or former spouse within a separation or divorce agreement
19. family pattern in which the mother is the head of the family
20. marriage pattern in which a man may have only one wife and a woman only
21. complete ending of a marriage according to divorce laws

1. marriage pattern which allows only men to have more than one spouse
2. marriage pattern in which only women are permitted more than one spouse
3. family pattern in which the mother carries responsibility for the family; common in matriarchal societies
6. family consisting of father, mother and their unmarried children
7. blood relationship within the family
12. inheritance system in which property and status are acquired through the mother not the father
13. inheritance system in which property and status are acquired through the father
14. marrying someone while still legally married to another person (the term bigamy is used where this practice is illegal)
17. when a judge says in a court order that your marriage or domestic partnership is not legally valid