ORPHAN  , the See also:

• TERM

term used of one who has lost both parents by See also:

• DEATH

death, sometimes of one who has lost See also:

• FATHER

father or See also:

• MOTHER

mother only . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law, an orphan is such a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who is under See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . The See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. orphanus, from which the word, chiefly owing to its use in the See also:

• VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate, was adopted into See also:

• ENGLISH

English, is a transliteration of 6p4av6s in the same sense, the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning being " bereft of," " destitute," classical Lat. orbus . The Old English word for an orphan was See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel pcild, stepchild . By the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LONDON

London, the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and aldermen, in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of Orphans, have the guardianship of the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children still under age of deceased freemen . Orphans' courts exist for the See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian-See also:

• SHIP

ship of orphans and See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of their estates in See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware, See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey and See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . In other states these are performed by See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of the See also:

• PROBATE

Probate Court, known as " surrogates," or by other titles .