- bastard
-
bas·tard /'bas-tərd/ n: an illegitimate child◇ The word bastard is no longer used in legal contexts.bas·tardy /'bas-tər-dē/ n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
- bastard
-
I
noun
adulterine, bantling, child born before marriage, child born out of wedlock, illegitimate child, nothus, nullius filius, spurious issue
associated concepts: acknowledgment, bastardy proceeding, illegitimate, inheritance, legitimacy support, putative father
foreign phrases:
- Bastardus non potest habere haeredem nisi de corpore suo legitime procreatum. — A bastard cannot have an heir unless he is one lawfully begotten of his own body.- Bastardus nullius est filius, aut filius populi. — A bastard is the son of no one, or the son of the people.- Non est justum aliquem antenatum post mortem facere bastardum qui toto tempore vitae suae pro le gitimo habebatur. — It is not just to make anyone a bastard after his death, who during his lifetime was regarded as legitimate- Qui nascitur sine legitimo matrimonio, matrem sequitur. — He who is born out of lawful matrimony succeeds to the condition of his mother.- Partus ex legitimo thoro non certius noscit matrem quam genitorem suum. — The offspring of a legitimate marriage knows not his mother more certainly than his father.- Qui ex damnato coitu nascuntur inter liberos non computentur. — They who are born of an illicit union should not be reckoned among the children.II index illegitimate (born out of wedlock)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
- bastard
-
n.A child born to a mother and father not married to one another.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
- bastard
-
an illegitimate child born out of wedlock. See illegitimacy.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
- bastard
-
n.1 Same as illegitimate child.=>> child.2 The child of a married woman whose father is not the woman's husband or whose paternity is not conclusively established.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
