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bastard definition - legal

n

  1. Same as illegitimate child. See child.
  2. The child of a married woman whose father is not the womanÂ’s husband or whose paternity is not conclusively established.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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classical Latin graeculus = “queer bastard”59 months ago

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