noun
definition
The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
definition
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
Examples of legitimacy in a Sentence
The question between the Lutheran (Augustinian) and Reformed (Philonic) division of the ten commandments was mixed up with controversy as to the legitimacy of sacred images not designed to be worshipped.
As the legitimacy of his alleged daughter Juana was disputed, his sister Isabella claimed the succession, and married her cousin, Fefdinand of Aragon, son of John I., in 1469 in defianceofherbrother.
The queen denying the legitimacy of her own son!
Clearly it was time to safeguard what remained; and that could best be done under Talleyrand's shield of legitimacy.
The supreme court is almost without exception a court of appeal with jurisdiction in cases involving at least $2000, in cases of divorce, in suits regarding adoption, legitimacy and custody of children and as regards the legality and constitutionality of taxes, fines, &c. The supreme court appoints courts of appeal to judge cases involving less than $2000.
For the next quarter of a century he, as the champion of legitimacy,was fighting the Revolution on countless battle-fields, and the fearful struggle only bound the Magyar nation closer to the Habsburg dynasty.
I don't include it in the FAQ because I don't want to lend legitimacy to his writings.
From it followed the right of the courts Christian to pronounce upon questions of legitimacy.
Elizabeth has been censured for having made no effort in later years to clear her mother's memory; but no vindication of Anne's character could have rehabilitated Elizabeth's legitimacy.
The indignation of the pope and his advisers was not deep enough to prevent the ratification in 1803 of a somewhat similar concordat for the Italian Republic. In 1804 Pius consented to anoint Napoleon emperor, thus casting over a conquered crown the halo of legitimacy.
Inscriptions of Lugal-zaggisi and Lugal-kigub-nidudu, kings of Erech and Ur respectively, and of other early pre-Semitic rulers, on door-sockets and stone vases, show the veneration in which the ancient shrine was then held and the importance attached to its possession, as giving a certain stamp of legitimacy.
She is said to have persuaded him of the divine character of her commission by discovering him though disguised in the crowd of his courtiers, and by reassuring him regarding his secret doubts as to his legitimacy.
The state, presumably secure in its own legitimacy, has the duty to prevent attacks on its citizens for any reason.
If we are still working on assigning blame and legitimacy, it will not get us any further ahead in understanding the period better.
You can have ' ad-hoc coalitions for action that stir massive controversy about legitimacy ' .
Historical, liturgical and theological arguments make it impossible to uphold the legitimacy of a female diaconate as part of the ordained clergy.
Some officials have sought to bestow new legitimacy on long-standing disputes by recasting them as part of the antiterrorist crusade " .
There is no place for the church to confer legitimacy upon alternatives to these.
At times, he would weave arcane arguments to undermine the legitimacy of the committee.
An SSL certificate also verifies the legitimacy of your company to customers and acts as a security benchmark.
Such scrutiny is crucial to the democratic legitimacy of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Its master was even prepared to falsify charters to give its changed role a spurious legitimacy.
It is a creation of Western colonialism and is governed by people with somewhat dubious legitimacy.
On the other hand, as occupying forces, the US and UK governments have questionable legitimacy to reshape the Iraqi nation.
Regardless of whom I save, however, my choice proves nothing about the moral legitimacy of experimenting on animals.
Meanwhile Eno has made clear why he thinks Blair's statements on Iraq lack legitimacy.
This prompted reflection on the effect of culture on the perceived legitimacy and efficacy of alternative and diverse forms of feedback.
The owners of this website do not warrantee or guarantee or make any claim to the website's accuracy, legitimacy, or legality.
My first thought deals with the legitimacy of amassing wealth.
By consent and submission of her members, the Roman Church decides in foro conscientiae questions of marriage, betrothal and legitimacy everywhere; but no temporal consequences follow except in Spain, Portugal and Peru.
During the absence of Archelaus, who would - the Jews feared - prove his legitimacy by emulating his father's ferocity, and to whom their ambassadors preferred Antipas, the Jews of Palestine gave the lie to their protestations of loyalty and peaceableness.
It was only when Darius Hystaspis, the representative of the Aryan race and the Zoroastrian religion, had re-conquered the empire of Cyrus, that the old tradition was broken and the claim of Babylon to confer legitimacy on the rulers of western Asia ceased to be acknowledged (see DARIUs).
The canon law regulating marriage, legitimacy and succession was taken over by the Scottish secular courts (see Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction) and survived as part of the common law of the land almost unimpaired.
Doubts have been cast on the legitimacy of Louis Napoleon; for the discord between Louis Bonaparte, who was ill, restless and suspicious, and his pretty and capricious wife was so violent and open as to justify all conjectures.
But, if this legitimacy is so powerful and worth recording, it puzzles me that Christian sectarians have not used them.
Only Baghdad 's obstruction of a serious international effort to readmit inspectors could provide any semblance of legitimacy to U.S. military action against Iraq.
But I do regard the likely shape of a stateless society as a partial basis for judging the legitimacy of actually existing institutions.
Structural shortages, however, continually undermined this legitimacy.
The usury prohibition did not deny the legitimacy of profit.
It allows elites to run our economy to suit themselves, without interference, and with a veneer of legitimacy.
The owners of this website do not warrantee or guarantee or make any claim to the website 's accuracy, legitimacy, or legality.
At its most fanatical this was outright xenophobia disguised under a sheen of scientific legitimacy.
If you're ever in any doubt about the legitimacy of an email, just be on the safe side and get rid of it.
One way to test its legitimacy is to search for contact information.
Alternatively, you can specifically search for the site's name and see if anyone has posted information about its legitimacy.
It's a good idea to call ahead and confirm a coupon's legitimacy before arriving at Sea World San Diego.
As with all other online purchases, however, you will want to be sure to verify the legitimacy of the seller before paying.
When looking at refurbished Verizon cell phones, be sure to check the legitimacy of the seller, the condition of the phone, and its feature set.
It is important to verify the legitimacy of the site.
Before providing your personal information to a website check it's legitimacy by either doing a search online of the website's name or looking for information on the site at the Better Business Bureau Online.