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Definition of legitimate

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Legitimate (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir..

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Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..

Legitimize :: Legitimize (v. t.) To legitimate.

Child :: Child (n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants..

Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (v. t.) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child..

Truly :: Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.

Illegitimated :: Illegitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Illegitimat.

Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another..

Bastardize :: Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.

Legitimately :: Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

Legitimatize :: Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.

Titleless :: Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

Miscreate :: Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles..

Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.

Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.

Legitimation :: Legitimation (n.) The act of making legitimate.

Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..