Bastard
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Li the common law, a person bom out of matrimony, or under circumstances which render it impossible for him to have been the son of the husband. Bastard-eigne,/-..- the son of two unmarried persons who afterwards intermarry and have another son. The latter was called mulier puisne. Bastardus nullius est filius; aut filius populi: a bastard is no man's son; or the son of the people.