Bastardy
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The offense of begetting a bastard child; the condition of a bastard. BASTARDY PROCESS (or PROCEED- Ings). The statutory mode of proceeding against the putative father of a bastard to secure a proper maintenance for the bastard.