mulier puisne

mulier puisne
\\|myülēə(r) ˈpyünē\ noun or mulier younger (plural muliers puisne or muliers younger)
Etymology: mulier puisne from (assumed) Anglo-French mulieré puisné, from Anglo-French mulieré legitimate son (from mulier wife, from Latin, woman, wife) + Middle French puisné younger; mulier younger part translation of (assumed) Anglo-French mulieré puisné — more at puny
: a younger legitimate son of a married woman who prior to her marriage has had an older illegitimate son by the father of her legitimate child — compare bastard eigne

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Old Eng. Law.
the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate. Cf. bastard eigne.
[1620-30]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • mulier puisne — /myuwl(i)yar pyuwniy/°pwiyney/ L. Fr. When a man has a bastard son, and afterwards marries the mother, and by her has also a legitimate son, the elder son is bastard eigne, and the younger son is mulier puisne …   Black's law dictionary

  • mulier puisne — /myuwl(i)yar pyuwniy/°pwiyney/ L. Fr. When a man has a bastard son, and afterwards marries the mother, and by her has also a legitimate son, the elder son is bastard eigne, and the younger son is mulier puisne …   Black's law dictionary

  • mulier puisne — Old Eng. Law. the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate. Cf. bastard eigne. [1620 30] * * * …   Universalium

  • mulier puisne — The status of the younger son born in wedlock of parents whose older son was born out of wedlock. 2 Bl Comm 248 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • puisne — Younger; junior in point of time, right, or rank. See mulier puisne …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • mulier —   n. woman; wife; legitimate child.    ♦ mulier puisne, younger legitimate son.    ♦ mulierose, a. fond of women …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • mulier younger — noun see mulier puisne …   Useful english dictionary

  • bastard eigne — noun or bastard elder : a bastard son of parents who afterward marry each other and have a legitimate son compare mulier puisne * * * /ayn/, Old Eng. Law. the first born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate. Cf. mulier… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bastard eigne — In old English law, bastard elder. If a child was born of an illicit connection, and afterwards the parents intermarried and had another son, the elder was called bastard eigne, or, as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne …   Black's law dictionary

  • bastard eigne — In old English law, bastard elder. If a child was born of an illicit connection, and afterwards the parents intermarried and had another son, the elder was called bastard eigne, or, as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne …   Black's law dictionary

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