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FORISFAMILIATE, ppl.adj. Now more commonly -familiated. Sc. law: of a minor, living independently of his or her parents, as by having a separate estate, by setting up on his or her own account, being married, etc. Hence forisfamiliation, the separation of a child from his family under such conditions (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Law Terms).Abd. 1731 Regulations Gordon's Hosp. 65:
A widow who has no children, or whose children are all forisfamiliate.Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute i. vi. § 53:
Children who get a separate stock from the father during their minority, for carrying on any trade or manufacture, or setting up a separate employment by themselves, even though they should continue in his family, may be said to be emancipated or forisfamiliated, in so far as relates to that stock; for the whole profits arising from it are their own. . . . Forisfamiliation is also inferred by the child's marriage, or by his living in a separate house, with his father's consent or permission.Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy iii.:
My father could not be serious in the sentence of foris-familiation.Abd. 1880 J. Skelton Crookit Meg xiv.:
The lasses are a' forisfamiliate, and in spite of the Gude Book and a bit sang at times the house feels lonely.