PATERNITY SUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paternity suit mean? 

• PATERNITY SUIT (noun)
  The noun PATERNITY SUIT has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: PATERNITY SUIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATERNITY SUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bastardy proceeding; paternity suit

Hypernyms ("paternity suit" is a kind of...):

case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)