MULIER PUISNE

mulier puisne

mulier puisne (myoo-lee-[schwa]r pyoo-nee). [Law Latin] Hist. The younger lawful son, usu. distinguished from the bastard eigné (“the elder bastard son”). “The common law developed one exception to its harsh doctrine of bastardy. Where the eldest son was born out of wedlock (the bastard eigné) and the next son was born to the same parents

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