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Legal proceeding for parent and child who are not related by blood (8)

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I believe the answer is:

adoption

(Other definitions for adoption that I've seen before include "Endorsement" , "approval" , "Espousal, a fostering" , "Process of taking on another's child" , "process to select candidate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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