Associations to the word «Bastardy»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BASTARDY, noun. (legal) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman or as the fruit of adultery.
BASTARDY BOND, noun. A document that named the father of a child whose parents were not married, and stipulated payments (to the mother or to the parish) to be made for its upkeep
BASTARDY BONDS, noun. Plural of bastardy bond
Dictionary definition
BASTARDY, noun. The status of being born to parents who were not married.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.