Bastardy Proceeding
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- paternity suit
- plural
- Bastardy Proceedings
- possessive
- Bastardy Proceeding's
- pluralpossessive
- Bastardy Proceedings'