[n] - the status of being born to parents who were not married
• (n.) The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy. • (n.) The procreation of a bastard child.
illegitimacy noun the status of being born to parents who were not married
Bas'tar·dy noun 1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy. 2. The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton. 
Crim. Law. The offence of begetting a bastard child.
Persons. The state or condition of a bastard. The law presumes every child legitimate, when born of a woman in a state of wedlock, and casts the onus probandi on the party who affirms the bastardy.