adultérin

adultérin (FR ADJ) born as the result of an adultery — sexual relations between a man and a woman who are not married to each other, but one or both of them is married to someone else. France has a liberal view of such children today, calling them »natural« children, thus able to inherit property as equally as the legitimate children of a parent, unless otherwise specified in a will. Prior to 1997, such children were still entitled, but only to one half of the share of what might go to all the…