Legitimated — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
legitimated — adj. made legitimate le·git·i·mate || lɪ dʒɪtɪmÉ™t v. make valid; make lawful; make legitimate; justify, make permissible adj. legal, lawful; acceptable; justified; reasonable, logical; born of parents who are legally married; correct,… … English contemporary dictionary
legitimated child — A child born out of wedlock who has acquired the status of legitimacy by the subsequent marriage of its parents or other method of legitimation. Hunter v Whitworth, 9 Ala 965. See legitimation … Ballentine's law dictionary
legitimate — legitimately, adv. legitimateness, n. legitimation, n. adj., n. /li jit euh mit/; v. /li jit euh mayt /, adj., v., legitimated, legitimating, n. adj. 1. according to law; lawful: the property s legitimate owner … Universalium
Legitimation — or legitimization is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within in given society. It is the… … Wikipedia
Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… … Wikipedia
List of heirs of Scotland — details those people who have been either heir apparent or heir presumptive to the Kingdom of Scotland, according to the rules of cognatic primogeniture, except at times when other forms of inheritance were specified, for example from 1371 to… … Wikipedia
Antonio de' Medici — Don Antonio de Medici (1576 1621, the son of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his mistress Bianca Capello, was a minor figure at the Grand Ducal Medici court.Antonio was born under obscure conditions during the lifetime of… … Wikipedia
Legitimation — • The canonical term for the act by which the irregularity contracted by being born out of lawful wedlock is removed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Legitimation Legitimation … Catholic encyclopedia
Portugal — • A country on the west side of the Iberian Peninsula Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Portugal Portugal † … Catholic encyclopedia
