Sentence example with the word 'bastardy'

bastardy

Definition n. the status of being born to parents who were not married

Last update: July 2, 2015

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He oIdducai left his domains to a natural relative, Cesare dEste, families, who would in earlier days have inherited without dispute, for bastardy had been no bar on more than one occasion in the Este pedigree.   [Please select]

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'Sir James Graham,' he wrote, in a discussion of the bastardy clauses of the Poor Law, 'is much pleased with the tone of your two communications.'   [Please select]

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It was remembered, in his favour, that one of his friends was a fisherman, a cousin across the bar of bastardy, who had been a fool and gone through his fortune.   [Please select]

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