Legal glossary

“family”

Defined in 4 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Code on Social Security, 2020 · s. 2

    (33) "family" means all or any of the following relatives of an employee or an unorganised worker, as the case may be, namely:—
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  2. The Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants Relief Act, 1961 · s. 2

    (b) "family" means —
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  3. The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 · s. 3

    (11A) "family" means―
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  4. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. · s. 2

    (c) "family" means a group of people related by blood or marriage or by adoption made in accordance with law;
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