"bastardy" meaning in English

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          "word": "bastardy bond"
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          "ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:",
          "text": "Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham.\nThe Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:—\nThere, at your meet'st advantage of the time,\nInfer the bastardy of Edward's children:\nTell them how Edward put to death a citizen,\nOnly for saying he would make his son\nHeir to the crown;—meaning, indeed, his house,\nWhich, by the sign thereof, was termed so.",
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        "The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery."
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        "(law) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery."
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          "sense": "the condition of being illegitimate (born to an unmarried woman and man or as the result of adultery)",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbæstə(ɹ)di/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɑːstə(ɹ)di/"
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  "word": "bastardy"
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          "text": "Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham.\nThe Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:—\nThere, at your meet'st advantage of the time,\nInfer the bastardy of Edward's children:\nTell them how Edward put to death a citizen,\nOnly for saying he would make his son\nHeir to the crown;—meaning, indeed, his house,\nWhich, by the sign thereof, was termed so.",
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      "sense": "the condition of being illegitimate (born to an unmarried woman and man or as the result of adultery)",
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