paternity

父子関係、父性

法律で認められた、父と子の関係。

やさしい英語で： The legally recognized relationship between a father and his child.

• A DNA test confirmed his paternity.
• The court must establish paternity before ordering child support.
• He acknowledged paternity soon after the baby was born.

類義語： fatherhood

反対語： maternity

よく使う表現： paternity test, establish paternity, acknowledge paternity

著作者であること、著作者人格権

作品を作った本人であること、または作者と認められる権利。

やさしい英語で： The fact or right of being the person who created a piece of work.

• The poet claimed paternity of the verse.
• The contract protects the artist’s right of paternity.
• Scholars disputed the paternity of the unsigned essay.

使い方： paternity of something (She claimed paternity of the design.)

類義語： authorship

よく使う表現： paternity of something, claim paternity, right of paternity