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(has or bast, abject, low, base; aerd, nature). One born of an illicit connection. It includes children begotten and born out of lawful wedlock, whose parents do not subsequently marry, and children born in wedlock, but begotten of an adulterous intercourse. A child begotten out of wedlock, but whose parents marry before its birth, is legitimate (62 Iowa, 343; 43 Ohio St. 473; 75 Pa. St. 433), and, by the weight of authority, a marriage after the birth renders -the child legitimate (9 Ala. 965; 85 Ind.. 357; 38 Ky. 170; 20 Tex. 731). The child of a voidable marriage is legitimate (13 Iowa, 198), but, at common law, the issue of a void marriage is a bastard (22 Md. 468; 1 N. J. Eq. 96) ; but by statute in many states, such issue is made legitimate if the marriage was in good faith.

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(has or bast, abject, low, base; aerd, nature). One born of an illicit connection. It includes children begotten and born out of lawful wedlock, whose parents do not subsequently marry, and children born in wedlock, but begotten of an adulterous intercourse. A child begotten out of wedlock, but whose parents marry before its birth, is legitimate (62 Iowa, 343; 43 Ohio St. 473; 75 Pa. St. 433), and, by the weight of authority, a marriage after the birth renders -the child legitimate (9 Ala. 965; 85 Ind.. 357; 38 Ky. 170; 20 Tex. 731). The child of a voidable marriage is legitimate (13 Iowa, 198), but, at common law, the issue of a void marriage is a bastard (22 Md. 468; 1 N. J. Eq. 96) ; but by statute in many states, such issue is made legitimate if the marriage was in good faith.

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A child born of an illicit union and before the marriage of his or her parents. The states have statutory provisions relating to the liability of the father, as well as to the care and support of the child. If the parents marry subsequent to the birth of the child, many states consider the child to be legitimatized with all the rights of a legitimate child. The question of whether a child is legitimate was important when a will (in U.S. law) is drawn up leaving money or property to the “children” of someone. The courts interpreted “children” as meaning legitimate children.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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