Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Court of Orphans

Hist. In Maryland and Pennsylvania, a court exercising probate jurisdiction.

Orphan

n. 1. A child whose parents are dead. 2. A child with one dead parent and one living parent. - More properly termed half orphan. 3. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been legally adopted; a child without a parent or guardian. orphan drug See DRUG.

orphan drug

A prescription drug developed to treat diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States (such as AIDS or rare cancers) or whose developmental costs are not reasonably expected to be recovered from the drug's sales. 21 USCA § 360bb.

orphan's court

See probate court under COURT. OS. See ordinary seaman under SEAMAN.