Definitions for bastardy
ˈbæs tər dibas·tardy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinisternoun

   the status of being born to parents who were not married

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastardynoun

   The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman or as the fruit of adultery.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bastardynoun

   An unlawful state of birth, which disables the bastard, both according to the laws of God and man, from succeeding to an inheritance. John Ayliffe Parerg.

   Etymology: from bastard.

   Once she slander’d me with bastardy;
   But whether I be true begot, or no,
   That still I lay upon my mother’s head. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   In respect of the evil consequents, the wife’s adultery is worse, as bringing bastardy into a family. Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living.

   No more of bastardy in heirs of crowns. Alexander Pope, Epistles.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastardy

   Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. 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 bear the same implications. The importance of legitimacy has decreased substantially in Western countries since the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s and the declining influence of conservative Christian churches in family and social life. Births outside marriage now represent a large majority in many countries of Western Europe and the Americas, as well as in many former European colonies. In many Western-influenced cultures, stigma based on parents' marital status, and use of the word bastard, are now widely considered dated.

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1. bastardy

   Bastardy is an old term referring to the state or condition of being born to parents who are not legally married to each other, i.e., the condition of being a child born out of wedlock. The term is also associated with illegitimacy and has historical and legal implications around inheritance and rights.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bastardynoun

   the state of being a bastard; illegitimacy

2. Bastardynoun

   the procreation of a bastard child

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bastardy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bastardy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bastardy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bastardy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bastardy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastardy
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bastardy