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Webster 1913 Edition
Legitimacy
Le-git′i-ma-cy
(-ĭ-mȧ-sy̆)
, Noun.
[See ]
Legitimate
, Adj.
The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.
The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of
Legitimacy
. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legitimacy
LEGIT'IMACY
,Noun.
1.
Lawfulness of birth; opposed to bastardy.2.
Genuineness; opposed to spuriousness. the legitimacy of his conclusions is not to be questioned.