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Status
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The standing, state, or condition of an individual; the rights, obligations, capacities, and incapacities that assign an individual to a given class.

For example, the term status is used in reference to the legal state of being an infant, a ward, or a prisoner, as well as in reference to a person's social standing in the community.

STATUS. The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his property. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1689.
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Based on this theory it is proposed that the more central a man's father-to-be status (1) is to his self, as compared to other statuses (worker, husband, friend, brother, etc.
The transition to fatherhood: identity and bonding in early pregnancy by Lancaster, Sandra / Fathering
The dependent variable of TANF Status was determined by the client's self-report, first of whether they were currently receiving TANF payments, and if not, the primary reason that they were no longer receiving TANF Based on a list of case closure statuses provided by the LaDSS and interviewee responses, 3 additional categories were created.
The social and economic impact of sanctions and time limits on ... by Mancoske, Ronald J. / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The people, who are interdependent on the basis of the hierarchy of social statuses and social roles, are the elements of this system.
Primary military collective as a social organization by Velichko, K.P. / Military Thought
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