PALLIO COOPERIRE
\pˈalɪˌə͡ʊ kə͡ʊˈɒpəɹˌa͡ɪ͡ə], \pˈalɪˌəʊ kəʊˈɒpəɹˌaɪə], \p_ˈa_l_ɪ__ˌəʊ k_əʊ_ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ˌaɪə]\
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In old English law. An ancient custom, where children were born out of wedlock, and their parents afterwards intermarried. The children, together with the father and mother, stood under a cloth extended while the marriage was solemnized. It was in the nature of adoption. The children were legitimate by the civil, but not by the common, law. Jacob.
By Henry Campbell Black
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