legitimate
luh ji tuh muht
- v make legal
- v show or affirm to be just and legitimate
- v make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
- a of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
- s based on known statements or events or conditions
- s in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
legitimate advertising practices - s authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
a legitimate government
- However, some ballots uncounted by the machines are legitimate by any standard.
- This error was compounded by 1) the inclusion of Antipope John XVI (997-998) in the legitimate succession, and 2) the fact that no John XV ever existed.
- Wade while noting the legitimate state interests in protecting "the life of the fetus that may become a child.