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To accept, appropriate, choose, or select, as to adopt a child. To consent to and put into effect, as to adopt a constitution or a law. adopt v. 1) to take on the relationship of parent to child of another person, particularly (but not necessarily) a minor, by official legal action. 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another defendant's argument in a lawsuit. (See: adoption) |
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Jimison said the dogs removed from the home were considered the
least adoptable. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP will receive the 2006 Corporate
Award for Special Achievement in Adoption from the North American
Council on Adoptable Children. Agency policy requires that access by the mother must end for the
children to be considered adoptable. |
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