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paternity suit
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Noun paternity suit has 1 sense
- paternity suit(n = noun.act) bastardy proceeding - a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined); Array is a kind of case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit
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