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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

A child born out of wedlock or in circumstances that show that it is impossible for him to have been the son of the husband of the mother. Basl^ard eigne, fr. Bastard elder or eldest; the son of unmarried persons who afterwards intermarry and have another son, — the latter being called mulier puisni.