Filiation

Filiation (Latin filius "son", filia "daughter": "descent") stands for:

• Descent of one person from another
• Rule of descent , system of descent, social rules on descent and succession
• Proof of descent , legally valid proof of marital descent from biological parents
• Filiation (Cistercians) , organizational structure of monasteries of the order

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.