Found 2 hits - Term: bastard eigne, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
eigne \eigne\, a. of. aisn'e, ainsn'e, f. a^in'e, fr.
l. ante natus born before. cf. esnecy.
1. law eldest; firstborn. --blackstone.
1913 webster
2. entailed; belonging to the eldest son. obs.
1913 webster
bastard eigne, a bastard eldest son whose parents
afterwards intermarry.
1913 webster
see also:
esnecy bastard eigne
- [2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
bastard eigne', eng. law. elder bastard. by the old english law, when, a man
had a bastard son, and he afterwards married the mother, and by her had a
legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or, as it is now
spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, or
sometimes he was called mulier puisne. see mulier; eigne, 2 bl. com. 248.
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