bastardy
Example Sentences
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But Bracton does have a lot to say about monsters, duels, bastardy, concubines, sturgeon “and other royal fish,” the “pillory and the ducking-stool," and "a judgment with infamy.”
From Washington Post • May 9, 2022
That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019
To be called one's mother's son, as opposed to one's father's, was often an implication of bastardy, or at least a sign that one's paternity was unknown, whether divine or not.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the argument quickly picked up steam when the talk turned to bastardy among the bluebloods.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Scotland and Ireland the bastardy laws are different, and if he is abroad or under orders to go abroad action cannot be taken.
From Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
