Across
- 6. – A family including both parents and their child or children.
- 8. – A family composed of more than two generations of a family, or two generations buy including aunts, uncles or cousins, living together under the same roof.
- 9. – The money or property that passes upon the death of an individual to another. This may be done through a will, by operation of the law, i.e. laws of intestacy (leaving no will) or by a decision of the law courts.
- 12. – authority which lies with the father.
- 17. – Line of descent traced through the female line.
- 18. family relations.
- 19. – Line of decent traced through the male line.
- 21. – The practice of having more than one husband at the same time.
- 22. – A family unit made up of two adults and their children from previous relationships.
- 24. – The criminal offence of marrying a person while still legally married to another.
- 25. – Line of descent traced through both lines.
- 26. – The practice of having more than one wife at the same time, where this is legal
- 27. – an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- 28. a group of people sharing a home or living space who aggregate or share their income, as evidenced by the fact that they regularly take meals together.
- 29. A legally recognized relationship between an adult male and female that carries certain rights and obligations.
- 30. – a family arrangement in which authority is shared between mother and father.
Down
- 1. – The declaration by the law court that a marriage is null and void, as if it never happened in the first place.
- 2. – The member(s) of the family who provides financial support for the family.
- 3. – The formal legal dissolution of a legally constituted marriage.
- 4. – a diagram used to show the relationships among family members.
- 5. – A type of extended family in which married children bring their families to live together with their parents.
- 7. – The legal procedure by which a married couple remains legally married while living apart.
- 10. – sexual relations between close family members.
- 11. – a brother or a sister.
- 12. – The practice of having more than one husband or wife at the same time, where this is legal.
- 13. – a family unit headed by a father and lacks a mother permanently or for an extended period of time.
- 14. – the position of an individual in relation to another or others,
- 15. – The practice of being married to only one husband or wife.
- 16. – authority which lies with the mother.
- 20. – a family unity headed by a mother and lacks a father permanently or for an extended period of time.
- 23. – A family unit including only one parent and his/her child(ren).