Search Result for "bastardy proceeding":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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);
[syn: paternity suit, bastardy proceeding]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bastardy proceeding
    n 1: 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) [syn: paternity suit,
         bastardy proceeding]