CHILD

This word has two meanings la law: (1) In the law of 'the domestic relations, and as to descent and distribution,!t 1s· used strictly as the correlative of "parent," and ineans ii.. son or daughter oon side red ns 1n relation with the father or mother. (21 In the law of negligence, and In laws for the orotection ot children, etc., it is used as the [s. 202]