Bastardy Definition

bastərdē
bastardies
noun
The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
Webster's New World
The begetting of a bastard.
Webster's New World

(law) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman or as the fruit of adultery.

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Noun

Singular:
bastardy
Plural:
bastardies

Bastardy Sentence Examples

  • He oIdducai left his domains to a natural relative, Cesare dEste, families, who would in earlier days have inherited without dispute, for bastardy had been no bar on more than one occasion in the Este pedigree.

  • Even adulterine bastardy was no bar to a man becoming chief of his tribe, as in the case of Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone.

  • Undoubtedly this half-poetic style (animated as it is and redeemed from any charge of bastardy by the freshness and vigour which pervade it) adds not a little to the charm of the book.

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