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The Heraldic adoption (Polish: Adopcja herbowa adoption under the coat of arms) was since the 14th-century a procedure of ennoblement in Poland of a family by including it into the heraldic family or clan of a particular coat of arms i.e. allowing the adopted family to bear this coat of arms.To prevent any abuses since the middle of the 16th-century every adoption had to be approved by the Polish Sejm (parliament).