Legitimacy, from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''legitimare'' meaning "to make lawful", may refer to:
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Legitimacy (criminal law)
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Legitimacy (family law)
Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, ''illegitimacy'', also known as '' ...
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Legitimacy (political)
In political science, legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime. Whereas ''authority'' denotes a specific position in an established government, the term ''legitimacy'' denotes a system of governm ...
See also
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Bastard (law of England and Wales)
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Illegitimacy in fiction
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Legit (disambiguation)
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Legitimate (professional wrestling)
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Legitimate expectation
The doctrine of legitimate expectation was first developed in English law as a ground of judicial review in administrative law to protect a procedural or substantive interest when a public authority rescinds from a representation made to a pers ...
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Legitimate peripheral participation
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Legitimate theater
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Legitimation
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Legitime
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Legitimists (disambiguation)
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Nomen illegitimum in botany is a valid published name that contravenes the international articles
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Sources of law
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