WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
affilia′tion or′der, [Brit. Law.]
  1. British Terms, Lawa court order requiring the father of an illegitimate child to make child-support payments.
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
affiliation order n
  1. (formerly) an order made by a magistrates' court that a man adjudged to be the father of an illegitimate child shall contribute a specified periodic sum towards the child's maintenance

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