unlawfully begotten

unlawfully begotten
index illegitimate (born out of wedlock)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • Illegitimate — Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Illegitimate fertilization — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Illegitimate union — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Legitimation — • The canonical term for the act by which the irregularity contracted by being born out of lawful wedlock is removed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Legitimation     Legitimation …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • illegitimate — il·le·git·i·mate /ˌi li ji tə mət/ adj 1: not recognized by the law as offspring; specif: born out of marriage ◇ An illegitimate child is usu. legitimated by his or her parents later marriage. Illegitimate children generally have the same… …   Law dictionary

  • illegitimate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See illegality. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unlawful] Syn. contraband, wrong, illicit, irregular; see illegal , wicked 1 . 2. [Born of unmarried parents] Syn. born out of wedlock, natural, fatherless …   English dictionary for students

  • illegitimate — a. 1. Unlawfully begotten, born out of wedlock. 2. Spurious, not genuine. 3. Unauthorized, unlawful, illicit, improper …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • bastard — n 1. illegitimate child, bye blow, Brit. Sl. get, Archaic. whoreson, natural child, love child. 2.Slang. a. scoundrel, villain, rascal, cad, dog, blackguard. See scoundrel (defs.1, 2).b. failure, All Inf. loser, dud, washout. adj 3. illegitimate …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • spurious — adj 1. counterfeit, fraudulent, imitation, fake Inf. phony, forged; not genuine, bogus, supposititious, bastardly Australian. bunyip; unreal, false, insincere, mock, ersatz, synthetic; pretended, feigned, simulated, sham, make believe; artifical …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • misbegotten — [mis΄bē gät′ n] adj. 1. wrongly or unlawfully begotten; specif., born out of wedlock: also misbegot 2. wrongly or badly conceived [misbegotten rules] …   English World dictionary

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