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Illegitimacy
(redirected from Illegitimate children)

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illegitimacy: see bastard bastard, person born out of wedlock whose legal status is illegitimacy. In civil law countries and in about half the states of the United States, the union of the parents in marriage after birth makes the child legitimate.
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Illegitimacy
bend sinister
supposed stigma of illegitimate birth. [Heraldry: Misc.]
Clinker, Humphry
servant of Bramble family turns out to be illegitimate son of Mr. Bramble. [Br. Lit.: Humphry Clinker, Payton, 324]
Edmund
illegitimate son of Earl of Gloucester; conspires against father. [Br. Hist.: King Lear]
Jones, Tom
revealed to be Squire Allworthy’s sister Bridget’s illegitimate son. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Tom Jones]
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These laws evolved in tandem with the general course of the Revolution, beginning with fairly modest reforms under the National Assembly, followed by a sharp turn against parental authority in August 1792 and culminating in the Convention's radical measures on behalf of illegitimate children in late 1793 and early 1794, some of which were given retroactive effect.
The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France by Desan, Suzanne / Journal of Social History
According to Jewish law of the time, children of unwed mothers were called mamzerim--Hebrew for illegitimate children.
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Long-hidden secrets about illegitimate children, the selling of stolen musical instruments, and drug use among the musicians and singers are revealed as the murders are investigated.
Gray, Alex. Shadows of sounds by Kellerman, Carol / Kliatt
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