Adoption of adults or near adults was an old tradition in Rome when a suitable natural adult heir was unavailable.

He was adopted at 6 weeks by Rex and Auleva Thomas, and as an adult would become a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

* Adoption was possible and a much used way to increase the number of succession-entitled heirs ( however, the adopted child had to be a child of another member agnate of the imperial house ).

Ido was proposed by the Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language in Paris in October 1907.

It was during this time that French mathematician Louis Couturat formed the Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language.

Adoption was relatively swift in most of the world.

He had recently discovered that he was adopted, which lead him to be the center of the VH1 program My Adoption Journey, a documentary chronicling his re-connection with his biological family.

Adoption of 1. 9 was slowed by changes from 1. 8 which required many popular third party gems to be rewritten.

Adoption of the new alphabet was stifled by the inertia of Korea's cultural elite, who were "... appalled at the idea of losing Chinese, the badge of their elitism.

After the completion of The Source, Ingres produced paintings of historical genre, such as two versions of Louis XIV and Molière, ( 1857 and 1860 ), as well as several religious works in which the figure of the Virgin from The Vow of Louis XIII is reprised: The Virgin of the Adoption of 1858 ( painted for Mademoiselle Roland-Gosselin ) was followed by The Virgin Crowned ( painted for Madame la Baronne de Larinthie ) and The Virgin with Child.

Only five episodes were filmed in this season, the shortest season of You Can't Do That on Television's 15-year span on the air, and one of the episodes ( Adoption ) proved so controversial that it was banned after being shown twice ( a " DO NOT AIR " sticker was reportedly placed on the master tape at CJOH ).

( Adoption ) is the only episode that was banned in the U. S, and the second one banned in Canada ( Divorce was the other one ).

Adoption of SIMD systems in personal computer software was at first slow, due to a number of problems.

Adoption was very common, especially when the father ( or mother ) was childless or had seen all his children grow up and marry away.

Adoption was greatest at first in commercial environments, but by the 1970s dishwashers had become commonplace in domestic residences in the US.

The Special Election for the Adoption of the Home Rule Charter was held May 10, 2008.

It works with children separated from their parents, supports vulnerable families, and lobbies on policy and practice issues in childcare through its various services, such as Adoption, Housing and Support ( formerly Leaving Care Services and Creative Therapies ), and the Parents ' Centre ( which was a pilot project for Sure Start ).

Adoption of the euro is favoured by the major political parties, however a 2000 referendum on joining the Eurozone was defeated with 46. 8 % voting yes and 53. 2 % voting no.

Adoption was swift, and the PRV V6 had been sold in at least five different models by the end of 1975.

One example of this is the Satnam Parmar Adoption Termination Act ( 1990 ) bill that was passed in the provincial legislature of Alberta, Canada.

Adoption of ICD-10 has been slow in the United States.

Adoption of AOCE among 3rd party developers was slow due to a ferociously complicated API.

Adoption of this newer standard has been slow.

Adoption of Linux was slow as bandwidth in India was prohibitively expensive at the time.

Adoption of Roth 401 ( k ) plans has been relatively slow, and stated reasons for this include the fact that they require additional administrative recordkeeping and payroll processing.

Adoption in the United States still occurs at nearly three times those of its peers although the number of children awaiting adoption has held steady in recent years, hovering between 133, 000 to 129, 000 during the period 2002 to 2006.

September 26 – 27, 1950: Adoption of the strategy of the armed revolution to overthrow the Rana regime at Bairgania Conference.

In October 1907, Peano was at the Collège de France in Paris to take part in the Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language.

Otherwise the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 state that a man is entitled to a minimum of just 2 weeks off, at the statutory rate of pay.

Adoption may or may not be considered at law to create such a bond ; in most Western societies, adoptive relationships are considered blood relationships for these purposes, but in others, including both Japan and ancient Rome, it was common for a couple with only daughters to adopt a son-in-law, making the marriage one between adoptive siblings.

Psamtik reunified Egypt in his 9th regnal year when he dispatched a powerful naval fleet in March 656 BC to Thebes and compelled the existing God's Wife of Amun at Thebes, Shepenupet II to adopt his daughter Nitocris I as her Heiress in the so-called Adoption Stela.

The authority then place s. 228 " Adoption of Streets " notices at each end of the route.

Adoption provisions were amended to treat civil partners the same as married couples in Britain, although this does not apply to Northern Ireland at 18 November 2011.

The player starts at the Adoption Center, where they may choose a dog or cat to adopt of a breed and gender of their choosing.

The adoption reunion movement grew rapidly from grass roots local organizations coming together under forming the AAC ( American Adoption Congress ) in 1979 at a conference held in Washington, DC.

# Resolved, That, prior to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, each of the several States composing this Union exercised full and exclusive jurisdiction over the subject of slavery within its own territory, and possessed full power to continue or abolish it at pleasure.

Her career has involved much advocacy for disadvantaged urban children and families ; she was the Director of Adoption Services at Graham Windham Children ’ s Services ; Director of Victim Services Agency / Community Outreach in the five boroughs of New York City ; Director of Special Projects for the New York City Board of Education, and

Agee has served on the boards of First Women ’ s Bank of New York, the Catholic Schools Foundation in Boston, the Gregorian Foundation, The Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin, the Culture of Life Foundation, Loyola College in Maryland and the National Council for Adoption.

People who wish to volunteer at Free Geek's community technology center usually choose between two programs: the Build Program and the Adoption Program.

In his first term, Moore served as Co-Chair of the Child Abuse and Neglect, Foster Care, and Adoption Committee, and as Vice-Chair of Judiciary II.

Adoption of the Law On Psychiatric Care and Guarantees of Citizens ’ Rights during Its Provision is regarded as an epoch-making event in the history of domestic psychiatry, as establishing the legal basis for psychiatric care, and, first of all, mediating all involuntary measures through judicial procedure.

They also began to stream their award-winning original series, Adoption, marking the first time the network has scheduled a full-length program online.

However, because the Parliament of New Zealand was unable to amend the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ( because it was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the New Zealand Parliament was barred from amending the parts of the Act dealing with the establishment of the Legislative Council ) it had to first adopt the Statute of Westminster 1931, which it did with the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947.

The National People's Congress has so far promulgated Marriage Law, Adoption Law, Succession Law, Patent Law, Copyright Law, Contract Law, Law of Rights in Rem, Law of Tort Liability. The latest enactment is the Law of the People ’ s Republic of China on the Laws Applicable to Foreign-related Civil Relations adopted on 28 October 2010. The first part of the future Civil Code would be General Provisions which will be based on the current General Principles of Civil Law adopted in 1986.

Because Nightlight Christian Adoptions was the first to publicize the option nationally and, for several years, handled most cases in which families were matched outside the confines of an individual clinic, the term " Snowflake Babies " has become common vernacular when referring to the embryo-adoption process, though no longer referring exclusively to Nightlight's Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program.

In 1774, following the introduction of Rites of Adoption in several of its lodges, it issued an edict authorising them, the Duchess of Bourbon being elected first Grand Mistress of France.

* 1964 Adoption of first Brisbane Town Plan

In the Adolescent Adoption Study, Scarr & Weinberg showed that adolescents, adopted in the first few months of life, did not resemble their adoptive parents or other children adopted into the same family.