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Bastardy
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Affiliation
paternity of a bastard child and the obligation to maintain it. The process is regulated by the (English) Bastardy Acts, 1845, 1872, and 1873 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 10, 35 & 36 Vict. c. 65, and
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Imprisonment
which orders are in this Act authorized to be made. As to imprisonment for non-payment of payments in bastardy or under affiliation orders, or of rates under the (English) Bastardy Laws (Amendment) Act, 1872, or the (English)
Bastardism
The state of being a bastard bastardy
Action prejudicial
lands descended from the father, and it is objected against him that he is bastard, this point of bastardy must be tried before the cause can proceed. It is, therefore, termed pr'judicialis.
Adulterine
Adulterine, the issue of an adulterous intercourse. Consult Sir Harris Nicolas on Adulterine Bastardy.
Bastard
Bastard [fornication], one born not of lawful marriage. [(English) Age of Marriage Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36)] The civil and canon laws did not allow a child to remain a bastard if...
Corroboration
e.g., in addition to that of the mother, to charge the father of an illegitimate child under the Bastardy Acts. See AFFILIATION. In an action for breach of promise of marriage the plaintiff may give evidence, but
Illegitimacy
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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