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Adulterine

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Begotten in an adulterous intercourse. In the Roman and canon law, adulterine bastards were distinguished from such as were the issue of two unmarried persons, and the former were treated with more severity, not being allowed the status of natural children, and being ineligible to holy orders.