legitimacy

(lé-jit’i-ma-si), n. [¢legitim a(te) + -cy.|_ 1. The state of being legitimate; conformity to law, rule, or principle; natural or logical result; regularity; propriety; correctne : as, the legitimacy of a government, of an argument, or of a conclusion. During his first ten years of duty Beust served in Berlin _and Paris; the first, the stronghold of legittmacy, more conservative than Vienna itself; the second, the center of fashion and culture, where the salon had not yet become extinct. Quarterly Rev., CXLV. 330. 3403 leg-mufft Specifically—2, Lawfulne of birth: opposed 3. In Germany, ete., proof of identity and of to bastardy.— 8. Directne or regularity of delegal permi ion to reside in a certain place, scent, as affecting the right of succe ion. See engage in a certain occupation, ete.—Letters of legitimist, 2. legitimation, in Scots law, letters from the sovereign