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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 327 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORPHAN , the See also:

term used of one who has lost both parents by See also:death, sometimes of one who has lost See also:father or See also:mother only. In See also:Law, an orphan is such a See also:person who is under See also:age. The See also:Late See also:Lat. orphanus, from which the word, chiefly owing to its use in the See also:Vulgate, was adopted into See also:English, is a transliteration of 6p4av6s in the same sense, the See also:original meaning being " bereft of," " destitute," classical Lat. orbus. The Old English word for an orphan was See also:steel pcild, stepchild. By the See also:custom of the See also:city of See also:London, the See also:lord See also:mayor and aldermen, in the See also:Court of Orphans, have the guardianship of the See also:children still under age of deceased freemen. Orphans' courts exist for the See also:guardian-See also:ship of orphans and See also:administration of their estates in See also:Delaware, See also:Maryland, New See also:Jersey and See also:Pennsylvania in the See also:United States. In other states these are performed by See also:officers of the See also:Probate Court, known as " surrogates," or by other titles.

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