Complete Definition of "bastardy"

English

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

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The Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:�
#:There, at your meet'st advantage of the time,
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Infer the bastardy of Edward's children:
#:Tell them how Edward put to death a citizen,
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Only for saying he would make his son
#:Heir to the crown;�meaning, indeed, his house,
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Which, by the sign thereof, was termed so.
#::� Shakespeare, Richard III, w:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Richard_the_Third#SCENE_V._London._The_Tower_Walls.|Act 3, Scene 5.

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