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Definition of LEGITIMACY

Legitimacy
Legitimacy Le*git"i*ma*cy (-[i^]*m[.a]*s[y^]), n. [See Legitimate, a.] 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.

Meaning of LEGITIMACY from wikipedia

- Look up legitimacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Legitimacy, from the Latin legitimare meaning "to make lawful", may refer to: Legitimacy (criminal...
- In political science, legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime. Whereas authority denotes a specific...
- 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...
- The legitimacy under international law of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been questioned. The UN Charter is the foundational...
- In common law, the "presumption of legitimacy" is a legal presumption that states that a child born within the subsistence of a marriage is presumed to...
- Police legitimacy is the extent to which members of the public view the police as higher power authority figure, often measured in terms of the public's...
- The controversy regarding the legitimacy of eastward NATO expansion relates to the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1989, when the fall of Soviet-allied...
- The legitimacy of the State of Israel has been challenged since before the state was formed. There has been opposition to Zionism, the movement to establish...
- France 24. 26 March 2015. "Hamas supports military operation for political legitimacy in Yemen". Arab News. 30 March 2015. "OIC supports military action in...
- An open standard is a standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone. It is also a common prerequisite that open standards use an open license...