bastardy

Example Sentences

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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

Woven into the fabric of complex New York City is the scarlet thread of bastardy which Dr. Ruth Reed of Indiana University has been unraveling for three years.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the argument quickly picked up steam when the talk turned to bastardy among the bluebloods.

From Time Magazine Archive

All are agreed, however, that the powers of one or the other of the two special courts should be enlarged to cover bastardy cases, where this is not now done.

From Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment by Colcord, Joanna C.