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Bastardize

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

To declare one a bastard, as a court does. ‘To give evidence to prove one a bastard. A mother (married) cannot bastardize her child. Bastardus nuilius est filius, aut filius R populi. A bastard is nobody’s son, or the son of the people. Bastardus non potest habere heredem nisi de corpore suo legitime procreatum. A bastard can have no heir unless it be one lawfully begotten of his own body. ‘Tray. Lat. Max. 51.