bastardy

• Nom désignant l'état ou le statut juridique et social historique d'une personne née de parents non mariés entre eux, ou la qualité de ce qui est illégitime, bâtard.

A noun referring to the historical legal or social status of being born to parents who were not married to each other.

indénombrable

1. Status of illegitimate birthC1formal

   The condition or legal status of being born to parents who were not married to each other.

   bâtardise

   • In historical times, bastardy could affect a person's inheritance rights.
   • The law regarding bastardy has changed significantly over the centuries.
   • Records of bastardy were often kept in parish registers.

   Synonymesillegitimacy

   Antonymeslegitimacy