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bastardy

[bas-ter-dee] / ˈbæs tər di /


NOUN
illegitimacy
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But Bracton does have a lot to say about monsters, duels, bastardy, concubines, sturgeon “and other royal fish,” the “pillory and the ducking-stool," and "a judgment with infamy.”

From Washington Post May 9, 2022

That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2019

In the appellate division he argued 1,400 cases covering every imaginable kind of law from bastardy to bankruptcy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In condoning bastardy, North Dakota and Arizona are the most liberal States in the Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was remembered, in his favour, that one of his friends was a fisherman, a cousin across the bar of bastardy, who had been a fool and gone through his fortune.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir




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