FATHER

The male parent. He lb7 Whom a child is begotten. As used in law, this term may (according to the context aml the nature of the instrument) include a putative as well as a legal father, also a stepfather, an adoptive father, or a grandfather, but is not as wide as the word "parent," and cannot be so construed as to include a female. Lind v. Burke, 56 Neb. 785, 77 N. W. 444; Crook v. Webb, 125 Ala. 457, 28 South. 384; Cotheal v. Cotheal, 40 N. Y. 410; Lantzneir ter v. State, 19 Tex. AP,P, 321; Thornburg v. American,strawboard,Co., 141 Ind. 443, 40 N. E. 1062, 50 Am. 'St. Rep. 334. -Father-in-law. The father of one's wife or husband.-Putative father. The alleged or reputed father of an illegitimate child. Stat.e T, Nestaval, 72 Minn..415, 75 N. W. 725. [s. 490]