BASTARDY

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bastardy
    n 1: the status of being born to parents who were not married
         [syn: {bastardy}, {illegitimacy}, {bar sinister}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bastardy \Bas"tar*dy\, n.
   1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
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   2. The procreation of a bastard child. --Wharton.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BASTARDY, crim. law. The offence of begetting a bastard child.

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BASTARDY, persons. The state or condition of a bastard. The law presumes 
every child legitimate, when born of a woman in a state of wedlock, and 
casts the onus probandi (q. v.) on the party who affirms the bastardy. 
Stark. Ev. h. t.

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