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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for
Laqit
In its primitive sense, signifies anything lifted front the ground, but in the language of the law it signifies a child abandoned by those to whom it properly belongs. The person who finds the child is termed the multaqit, or the taker up. [FOUNDLING.] 
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
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