Adulterine
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The issue of adulterous intercourse.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The issue of adulterous intercourse. Those are not deemed adulterine who are begotten of a woman openly married through ignorance of a former wife being alive. Adulterine children are regarded more unfavorably than the illegitimate offspring of single persons. The Roman law refused the title of natural children, and the canon law discouraged their admission to orders.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. Unlawful; unlicensed; unauthorized.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Begotten in an adul- ‘terous intercourse. In the Roman and cangyn daw, adulterine bastards were distinguished from such as were the issue of two unmartied persons, and the former were treated with more severity, not being allowed the siatus of natural children, and being ineligible te holy orders.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
a: term used in the civil law to denote the issue of an adulterous intercourse. See Nicholas on Adulterine Bastardy.