Family

1. Human kinship in a legalistic sense, by genetic factors, marriage, or adoption, at the closest and smallest bonding level, usually associated with cohabitation of its members, concurrently or successively, in at least one stage of their relationship.

2. The family circle subjectively perceived, including friends, who usually and periodically come together; i.e. those considered members of the family. By some, pet dogs and other domesticated animals are considered as members.

3. Kinfolk or family circle members who share, to some degree, a common life, taking responsibility for one another physically, materially and morally.

4. Human beings that in some societies were considered one person's property, i.e. wives, concubines, slaves, etc.

5. A term used for taxonomic purposes to delimit a group.