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To declare one a bastard, as a court does. To give evidence to prove one a bastard. A mother (married) cannot bastardize her child. Bastardns nnllius est filius, ant Alius pop nil. A bastard is nobody's son, or the son of the people. Bastardns non potest habere hseredem nisi de corpore suo legitime procreatnm. A bastard can have no heir unless it be one lawfully begotten of his … [Read more...] about BASTARDIZE

One who procures opportunities for persons of opposite sexes to cohabit in an illicit manner; who may be, while exercising the trade of a bawd, perfectly innocent of committing in his or her own proper person the crime either of adultery or of fornication. See Dyer v. Morris, 4 Mo. 216. … [Read more...] about BAWD

See Baneret. BANNI, op BANNITUS. In old law, one under a ban, (q. v.;) an outlaw or banished man. Britt cc. 12, 13; Calvin. … [Read more...] about BANNERET

Span. A concubine, whom a man keeps alone in his house, unconnected with any other woman. Las Par tidas, pt 4, tit 14. Bapatxiam committit qui propter peon niam justitiam baractat. He is guilty of barratry who for money sells justice. Bell. … [Read more...] about BARAGARIA

A lineal measure, containing one-third of an inch. The barleycorn was the first measure, with its division and multiples, of all our measures of length, superfices, and capacity. … [Read more...] about BARLEYCORN