bastardy
bastardy
Definition
bas·tardy (bas′tər dē)
noun pl. -·ies
- the state of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- the begetting of a bastard
bastardy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- order: If you have a copy of a bastardy order it should say for how long the money was to be paid.
- case: That's 1,860 bastardy cases from the Holland area.
- examination: This book is an edition of 469 such settlement and bastardy examination examinations taken in the parish of Chelsea between 1733 and 1766.
- bond: Bastardy Bonds Parish registers generally will not give the name of the father if a child is illegitimate.
- record: Neither are there any settlement examinations, removal orders or bastardy records at the Archives.
- document: Bastardy bonds and other parish bastardy documents ceased to be used after 1834 when the Poor Law Unions were created.
Browse dictionary entries near bastardy
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- basswood
- bassoon
- basso-rilievo
- basso-relievo
- basso profundo
- bastardy proceeding
- baste
- bastille
- bastinado
- basting
- bastion
- Bastion Host
- Bastogne
- Basutoland
- bat
