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Legitimacy

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Legitimacy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/legitimacy.html. 1828.