PUISSANCE PATERNELLE
\pjˈuːɪsəns pətˈɜːnɛl], \pjˈuːɪsəns pətˈɜːnɛl], \p_j_ˈuː_ɪ_s_ə_n_s p_ə_t_ˈɜː_n_ɛ_l]\
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Fr. Paternal power. In the French law, the male parent has the following rights over the person of his child: (1) If child is under sixteen years of age, he may procure him to be imprisoned for one month or under. (2) If child is over sixteen and under twenty- one he may procure an imprisonment for six months or under, with power in each case to procure a second period of imprisonment. The female parent, being a widow, may, with the approval of the two nearest relations on the father's side, do the like. The parent enjoys also the following rights over the property of his child, viz., a right to take the income until the child attains the age of eighteen years, subject to maintaining the child and educating him in a suitable manner. Brown.
By Henry Campbell Black
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