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Legitimacy

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lawful birth; the condition of being barn in wedlock; the opposite of illegitimacy or bastardy.

Davenport v. Caldwell, 10 S. C. 337; Pratt v. Pratt, 5 Mo. App. 541.