Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
connection — Synonyms and related words: ESP, Indian file, abutment, abuttal, access, accord, accounting for, acquaintance, act of love, addition, adjacency, adjoiningness, adjunct, adultery, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agent, agglomeration, agglutination … Moby Thesaurus
Connection — Con*nec tion, n. [Cf. {Connexion}.] 1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Family history — is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families. Introduction While genealogy is the convenient label for the field, family history is the over arching term, since genealogy in the… … Wikipedia
Family reunification — is a recognized reason for immigration in many countries. The presence of one or more family members in a certain country, therefore, enables the rest of the family to immigrate to that country as well. Family reunification laws try to balance… … Wikipedia
family — fam·i·ly / fam lē, fa mə / n pl lies 1: a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption 2: a group of usu. related individuals who live together under common household authority and esp. who have reciprocal duties to each other ◇… … Law dictionary
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America — (FCCLA) is a nonprofit U.S. Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education (FACS) in public and private schools through grade 12. It incorporates programs that focus on the… … Wikipedia
connection — [kə nek′shən] n. [ME conneccioun < L connexio < connexus, pp. of connectere: see CONNECT] 1. a joining or being joined; coupling; union 2. a part or thing that joins; means of joining 3. a relationship; association; specif., a) the relation … English World dictionary
connection — I (abutment) noun abuttal, border, contact, contiguousness, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, tangency, union II (fastening) noun attachment, binder, bond, bridge, catch, catenation, cohesion, combination, concatenation, conjunction,… … Law dictionary
family ties — family bonds, familial connection, blood relations, relations among relatives … English contemporary dictionary
connection — noun 1 relationship between two things ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, close, direct, intimate, strong ▪ There is a close connection between family background and academic achievement. ▪ tenuous … Collocations dictionary
