非ひ嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子し

noun

illegitimate child

Legal term for a child born to parents who are not legally married. In modern Japanese law, the term 婚外子 is often preferred in non-legal contexts.

• 非ひ嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子しの相そう続ぞく分ぶんは、かつて嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子しの半はん分ぶんと定さだめられていた。

  The inheritance share of an illegitimate child was once set at half that of a legitimate child.

• 民みん法ぽう改かい正せいにより、非ひ嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子しの法ほう的てき地ち位いは改かい善ぜんされた。

  The legal status of illegitimate children was improved by the revision of the Civil Code.