Definition of legitimate

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Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..

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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..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Basely :: Basely (adv.) Illegitimately; in bastardy.
Legitimately :: Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
Truly :: Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Legitimize :: Legitimize (v. t.) To legitimate.
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..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Miscreated :: Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Legitimateness :: Legitimateness (n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
Adulterine :: Adulterine (n.) An illegitimate child.
Titleless :: Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Exploit :: Exploit (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
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