BASTARD EIGNE'
\bˈastəd ˈe͡ɪnɪ], \bˈastəd ˈeɪnɪ], \b_ˈa_s_t_ə_d ˈeɪ_n_ɪ]\
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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.
By John Bouvier
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