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Paternity suit has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)

2

A lawsuit to identify a child's father and establish child support.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lawsuit
Rhyming Words
huit quit suit tuit nuit fruit inuit pruit bruit douit squit g suit jesuit besuit acquit intuit requit unsuit fortuit conduit
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