Legitimacy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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legitimacy
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris