Filius Nullius
FILIUS NULLIUS
[Latin, A son of nobody.] An illegitimate child who had few legal rights under thecommon law.
Laws have broadened the legal rights of illegitimate children who, in the language of some statutes, are referred to as nonmarital children.
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