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Thomas Aquinas · Summa Theologica, Second Half · 759 of 935

Supp. · Question 57: Of Legal Relationship, Which Is by Adoption (three Articles)

Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

OF LEGAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS BY ADOPTION (THREE ARTICLES)

We must now consider legal relationship which is by adoption. Under this head there are three points of inquiry:

(1) What is adoption?

(2) Whether one contracts through it a tie that is an impediment to marriage?

(3) Between which persons is this tie contracted.