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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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More than one million
children across the United States are adoptees and seven out of 10 kids
are adopted by white parents. The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides for 12 workweeks of
unpaid leave to address a serious health condition of an employee or a
family member or to take time off to care for a newborn or adoptee. (71) The average age of adoptees was significantly lower than
that of adolescent servants--just under 8 years old. |
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