illegitimate child

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illegitimate child - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

by-blow, illegitimate, love child, whoreson, bastard

offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

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Furthermore, he had an illegitimate child, and entertained a friendship for "a person in Dozule."

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Under Article 992, an illegitimate child has no right to inherit from the inheritance of the legitimate relatives of his or her parents.

Expert says more children born out of wedlock in PH

Date of marriage on illegitimate child's birth certificate should not harm single parent's petition !-- -- Dear Atty.

Date of marriage on illegitimate child's birth certificate should not harm single parent's petition

The CA held that 'an illegitimate child has no right to inherit from the legitimate children and relatives of his father or mother,' in the same manner that such children and relatives inherit the same from the illegitimate child.

SC sets hearing on rights of illegitimate children

Summary: Director-General of Personal Status Elias Khoury issued a circular Tuesday calling for the complete exclusion of the term "illegitimate child" from personal status records.

Official reiterates ban on 'illegitimate child' term

I would accept an illegitimate child into my marriage on some grounds.

Would You Accept An Illegitimate Child Into Your Marriage?

Asif was responding to PM's Special Assistant Naeemul Haque's tweets in which he had condemned the 'pathetic behavior' of Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif during Finance Minister Asad Umar's budget speech in the National Assembly and called him 'the illegitimate child of Zia's martial law'.

War of words between govt, opposition

Unable to pay the rent for more than a year, she was forced to sell her illegitimate child, as per an Al Roeya report.

Couple sell their illegitimate baby for Dh500 in UAE

Senior federal counsel Datuk Amarjeet Singh Serjit Singh had this morning requested that the Federal Court defer its decision that was scheduled to be delivered today, in order to allow the government to resolve the matter involving the naming of the Muslim illegitimate child in his birth certificate.

'Bin Abdullah' ruling shelved as Putrajaya seeks time to explore options

19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday disassociated itself from party's national secretary H Raja's statement, calling DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi an "illegitimate child" of DMK president M Karunanidhi.

BJP distances itself from Raja's derogatory statement on Kanimozhi

ARSENAL football star Mesut Ozil's dad is being sued by a woman who claims to be his illegitimate child.

Ozil's dad to face paternity lawsuit

Delving into the history of her three-times great-grandmother, she discovers the story of a secret lover, an illegitimate child and a landmark divorce case.