PATERNITY SUIT as NOUN

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)
   Synonym(s)
   • bastardy proceeding (what does bastardy proceeding mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) paternity suit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lawsuit (what does lawsuit mean?)
   • suit (what does suit mean?)
   • case (what does case mean?)
   • cause (what does cause mean?)
   • causa (what does causa mean?)