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Record 1 2010-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

[W]hen a man has a bastard son, and afterward marries the mother, and by her has a legitimate son ... Now the eldest son is a bastard, or bastard eignè; and the younger son is legitimate, or mulier puisnè.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

[L] orsqu'un homme ayant un enfant naturel en épouse la mère, et a d’elle un fils légitime, ce fils, dans le langage légal, est appelé mulier puîné, l'aîné s’appelle bâtard eigné.

Spanish

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