Natural Children
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Bastards; children born out of lawful wedlock. In Civil Law. Children by procreation, as distinguished from children by adoption. In Louisiana. Illegitimate children who have been adopted by the father. Civ. Code La. art. 220.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bastards; children born out of lawful wedlock. But in a statute declaring that adopted children shall have all the rights of “natural” children, the word “natural” was used In the sense of legitimate; 9 Am. L. Reg. 747. j In Civil Law. Children by procreation, as distinguished from those by adoption. In Louisiana. Illegitimate children who have been adopted by the father. La. Civ. Code, art. 220.