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Definitions of illegitimacy in various dictionaries:
noun - the status of being born to parents who were not married
noun - unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law
The quality or condition of being illegitimate.
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Bad image city changed in state without authorisation |
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Jan 14 2018 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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billegitimacy definitionb. The condition of being born to unmarried parents. It was once considered a mark of disgrace but is generally more accepted now. |
The quality or condition of being illegitimate. |
Bastardy. |
unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law |
the status of being born to parents who were not married |
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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 before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, illegitimacy (or bastardy) has been the status of a child born outside marriage, such a child being known as a bastard, or love child, when such a distinction has been made from other children. In Scots law, the terminology of natural son or natural daughter has the same implications. The prefix "Fitz-" added to a surname (e.g., FitzRoy) sometimes denoted that the child's parents were not married at the time of birth. * Depending on local legislation, legitimacy can affect a child's rights of inheritance to the putative father's estate and the child's right to bear the father's surname or hereditary title. Illegitimacy has also had consequences for the mother's and child's right to support from the putative father.The importance of legitimacy has decreased considerably in Western cou |