legitimacy 音標拼音: [lədʒ'ɪtəməsi] [lɪdʒ'ɪtəməsi]
n . 合法,適法,正當
合法,適法,正當
legitimacy n 1 :
lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law [
ant : {
illegitimacy }]
2 :
undisputed credibility [
synonym : {
authenticity }, {
genuineness },
{
legitimacy }]
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n . [
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The state ,
or quality ,
of being legitimate ,
or in conformity with law ;
hence ,
the condition of having been lawfully begotten ,
or born in wedlock .
[
1913 Webster ]
The doctrine of Divine Right ,
which has now come back to us ,
like a thief from transportation ,
under the alias of Legitimacy . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
legitimacy ":
absolute power ,
absolute realism ,
absolutism ,
actionability ,
admissibility ,
admissibleness ,
allowableness ,
applicability ,
artlessness ,
authenticity ,
authority ,
bona fideness ,
competence ,
competency ,
constituted authority ,
constitutional validity ,
constitutionalism ,
constitutionality ,
defensibility ,
delegated authority ,
divine right ,
due process ,
excusability ,
explainability ,
explicability ,
faculty ,
forgivableness ,
genuineness ,
honesty ,
inartificiality ,
indirect authority ,
inherent authority ,
jurisdiction ,
jus divinum ,
justice ,
justiciability ,
justifiability ,
justifiableness ,
lawful authority ,
lawfulness ,
legal authority ,
legal form ,
legal process ,
legalism ,
legality ,
legitimateness ,
licitness ,
lifelikeness ,
literalism ,
literality ,
literalness ,
naturalism ,
naturalness ,
pardonableness ,
permissibility ,
permissibleness ,
photographic realism ,
power ,
prerogative ,
realism ,
realness ,
reasonability ,
reasonableness ,
regality ,
remissibility ,
right ,
rightful authority ,
rightfulness ,
royal prerogative ,
sanctionableness ,
scope ,
sincerity ,
the say ,
the say -
so ,
true -
to -
lifeness ,
truth to nature ,
unadulteration ,
unaffectedness ,
unfictitiousness ,
unspeciousness ,
unspuriousness ,
unsyntheticness ,
validity ,
veniality ,
verisimilitude ,
vested authority ,
vicarious authority ,
vindicability ,
warrantableness LEGITIMACY .
The state of being born in wedlock ;
that is ,
in a lawful manner .
2 .
Marriage is considered by all civilized nations as the only source of legitimacy ;
the qualities of husband and wife must be possessed by the parents in order to make the offspring legitimate ;
and furthermore the marriage must be lawful ,
for if it is void ab initio ,
the children who may be the offspring of such marriage are not legitimate .
1 Phil .
Ev .
Index ,
h .
t .;
Civ .
Code L .
art .
203 to 216 .
3 .
In Virginia ,
it is provided by statute of 1787 , "
that the issue of marriages deemed null in law ,
shall nevertheless be legitimate ."
3 Hen . &
Munf .
228 ,
n .
4 .
A conclusive ,
presumption of legitimacy arises from marriage and cohabitation ;
and proof of the mother '
s irregularities will not destroy this presumption :
pater est quem nuptiae demonstrant .
To rebut this presumption ,
circumstances must be shown which render it impossible that the husband should be the father ,
as impotency and the like .
3 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
300 -
2 .
Vide Bastard ;
Bastardy ;
Paternity ;
Pregnancy .
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