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Bastardy was not a status, like villeinage, but the fact of being a bastard had a number of legal effects on an individual.One exception to the general principle that a bastard could not inherit occurred when the eldest son (who would otherwise be heir) was born a bastard but the second son was born after the parents were married.
Conversely, illegitimacy, also known as bastardy, has been the status of a child born outside marriage, such a child being known as a bastard, a love child, a natural child, or illegitimate. In Scots law , the terms natural son and natural daughter carry the same implications.
Bastard of Winterfell, alias name of Jon Snow (character), in Game of Thrones; Bastardia, a genus of flowering plants; Bastardisation (disambiguation)
When a bastard child, whose mother has not obtained an order, becomes chargeable to the parish, the guardians may proceed against the putative father for a contribution. [ 1 ] Any woman who is single, a widow, or a married woman living apart from her husband, may make an application for a summons, and it is immaterial where the child is ...
a money order designed to be sent through the post, issued by the UK Post Office (US: money order, or postal money order if the context is ambiguous) postbox, post box box in the street for receiving outgoing mail (US: mailbox; drop box); see also letter box, pillar box postcode alphanumeric code used to identify an address, part of a UK-wide ...
The former head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has branded the government’s proposal to extend the definition of terrorism to encompass atrocities carried out by lone attackers like the ...
A royal bastard is a child of a reigning monarch born out of wedlock. The king might have a child with a mistress , or the legitimacy of a marriage might be questioned for reasons concerning succession.
Britain unveiled a new definition of extremism on Thursday in response to an eruption of hate crimes against Jews and Muslims since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, although critics said the ...