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71Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights — Arabic Lajnat al Difāʽ ʽan al Ḥuqūq al Sharʽiyyah Sunnite Muslim group opposed to the ruling Saud dynasty in Saudi Arabia. The group was founded in 1992 and consists largely of academics and lower level Muslim clergy. It considers itself a… …
72more than ordinarily legitimate — An anomalous expression which might well be dropped from the language of courts and lawyers. A child is thus characterized by Blackstone, where, if a man dies and his widow soon marries, and then a child is born at such time that it might… …
73quasi-legitimate — adj.; quasi legitimately, adv …
74legit — legitimate …
75legitimize — legitimate, legitimize 1. As a verb, legitimate is pronounced with the last syllable as ayt and means ‘to make legitimate or legal’. It competes in both BrE and AmE with legitimize, which is the only form used in the meaning ‘to make (a child)… …
76legitimately — legitimate UK US /lɪˈdʒɪtəmət/ adjective ► LAW allowed by law or done according to the rules of an organization or activity: »Defense lawyers argued that such payments are legitimate and customary in newspaper deals. »a legitimate… …
77Legitimated — Legitimate Le*git i*mate ( m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Legitimated} ( m[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legitimating} ( m[=a] t[i^]ng).] To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the …
78Legitimating — Legitimate Le*git i*mate ( m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Legitimated} ( m[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legitimating} ( m[=a] t[i^]ng).] To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the …
79legitimacy — legitimate ► ADJECTIVE 1) conforming to the law or to rules. 2) able to be defended with logic or justification: a legitimate excuse. 3) (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 4) (of a sovereign) having a title based on… …
80legitimately — legitimate ► ADJECTIVE 1) conforming to the law or to rules. 2) able to be defended with logic or justification: a legitimate excuse. 3) (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 4) (of a sovereign) having a title based on… …
