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Final Adoption Decree: Legal document issued by the court that completes the adoption.

Finalization: Court action that grants permanent legal custody of a child to the adoptive parents.

Finality Development: Prolonged development, reducing silver halides affected by light to silver until no further image density improvement occurs.

Foster Adoption Placement: Foster placement of a child, with adoption being the final goal, once all legal requirements have been met. The couple must be certified as suitable to adopt with their home licensed as a fo . . . View Full Definition

Independent Adoption: An adoption arranged privately by a non-licensed third party (i.e., doctor or lawyer) or between the birth family and adoptive parents.

Intercountry or International Adoption: The adoption of a child who is a citizen of one country by adoptive parents who are citizens of a different country.

Finale: Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.

Foster-Adoption: A child placement in which birth parents' rights have not yet been severed by the court or in which birth parents are appealing the court's decision but foster parents agree to adopt the chi . . . View Full Definition

Final Salary: The basis of determining a person's pension entitlement in a final salary scheme and which normally refers to an occupational pension

Final Drive: Means of transmitting power to the driven wheel, usually by chain, shaft, or belt.