Vocabulary : Legitim to Legitimatize
Legitim : The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.Legitimacy : The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.
Legitimate : 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. ;; Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock. ;; Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions. ;; Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. ;; Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference. ;; 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.
Legitimated : of Legitimate
Legitimately : In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
