Illegitimation - Law Dictionary Search Results
heir
distinguished from seisin NOTE: This class of heirs was eliminated as of January 1, 1982. Formerly, a decedent's illegitimate children and spouse were considered irregular heirs. legal heir : heir ;specif in the civil law of Louisiana
filius nullius
filius nullius [Medieval Latin, literally, no one's son] : an illegitimate child : bastard called also filius populi
filiation
father have been allowed to prove filiation to another father. Such an action does not make the children illegitimate but does create a status of dual paternity. 2 : adjudication of paternity or filiation [the court has
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child
The word child as used in a statute or will is often held to include a stepchild, an illegitimate child, a person for whom one stands in loco parentis, or sometimes a more remote descendant, such as
alimony
lite in this entry 2 : means of living, support, or maintenance [fathers and mothers owe to their illegitimate children "Louisiana Civil Code"]
Ultra vires
meeting could not authorize, and an act which, if every individual corporator assented to it, would still remain illegitimate.' See Asbhury Railway Carriage and Iron Co. v. Riche, (1875) LR 7 HL 653, where the Houseof Lords
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