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Jacobinism :: Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.

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

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

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..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child..

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors..

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

Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

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..

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

Adulterine :: Adulterine (n.) An illegitimate child.

Legitimate :: 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..

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

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..

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..

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

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.

Bastard :: Bastard (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note..

Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..

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