(1)收养
指依法领养他人子女作为自己的子女，使原来没有父母子女关系的人之间产生拟制的亲子关系，并终止子女与亲身父母间的权利义务关系。

(2)(合同的)承认；追认(→adopt)

(3)(国内法对国际法的)吸收(→adoption doctrine)

• involuntary payment
• involuntary peonage
• involuntary petition
• involuntary plea of guilty
• involuntary self-destruction
• involuntary separation of jury
• involuntary servitude
• involuntary transfer
• involuntary trust
• in withernam
• in witness whereof
• IOLTA
• iota
• IOU
• I promise to pay.
• Ipsae leges cupiunt ut jure regantur.
• Ipsa utilitas justi prope mater et aequi.
• ipse
• ipse dixit
• ipsis faucibus
• ipsissima verba
• ipsissimis verbis
• ipsius patris bene placito
• ipso
• ipso articulo temporis