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Illegitimacy

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Illegitimacy. born of parents not married to each other. See BASTARD.

Means the state or condition of a child born outside a lawful marriage. Also termed bastardy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 750.

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