Lands being disponed to a man in liferent, and his bastard in fee, and failing of heirs-male of the bastard, to a third party; the Lords reduced a gift of bastardy made by the King to another; and found that the law, Quod bastardus nota potest habere haeredem, nisi de corpore suo legittime procreatum, is to be understood only of the legal heir, not of heirs of provision.
[1584] Mor 1344
Bailii
Scotland
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.544242