legitimate
ਜਾਇਜ਼
definition
verb
the regime was not legitimated by popular support
make legitimate; justify or make lawful.
adjective
his claims to legitimate authority
conforming to the law or to rules.
example
The only defender with a 'legitimate' excuse is CB Ryan McNeil, who is playing with a soft cast on his fractured forearm.
Furthermore, 'legitimate' children often had the advantage of another parent to balance out any conflicts with their mothers.
No tax was withheld, and according to Webb he believed this to be a 'legitimate' tax avoidance scheme.
In order to address the 'legitimate' concerns of the Children's Aid Society that this case proceed without delay from here on in, I will case manage it.
The 'legitimate' justification for such discrimination, she would suggest, is the majority's moral judgment.
None of her three uncles had any 'legitimate' children (read into that what you will) so when they all died, she inherited the throne at 18.
There is no issue as to the decision in the present case being one taken in accordance with the law and in pursuance of a 'legitimate' objective, namely the maintenance of control over immigration.
She was the mother of the King's 'legitimate' children.
While the EPA argues that its use of the restraining order is 'legitimate' under the law, there is no unanimity on that point in legal circles.
Miss Rose submitted that this passage demonstrated that public perception was a 'legitimate' element of penal policy.
The removal of the appellants has the 'legitimate' aim of maintaining such control.
It is worth acknowledging that there are often very 'legitimate' and understandable reasons for the failure of reviewers to provide timely and high quality reviews.
Yet you very rarely see them in 'legitimate' theatre.
The slaves were children, in a sense, but not the 'legitimate' children worthy of comfort and care.
Obviously we couldn't see what the suspect's hands were doing behind his back, but is there a legitimate case, a 'legitimate' justification there for smashing him in the face?
But priests can't get married or have 'legitimate' children, so where on earth does the last name Bishop come from?
Although Voltaire was not the father, he helped Du Châtelet deceive her husband into thinking that the baby was 'legitimate' .
William sent out news of his victory and invited the Saxon lords to recognize him as the 'legitimate' king.
Prudie learned this approach as it is used in 'legitimate' theater.
Critics who claim opera is not 'legitimate' theater must be silenced by the unforgettable performance that has been preserved here.
Many of the arguments made thus far sound like excuses rather than 'legitimate' reasons.
The Crown Court judge refused to accept this as a 'legitimate' use of the power.
These judges sent a clear message that family caregiving was not a 'legitimate' reason to be excused from jury duty.
Three times married, he had five 'legitimate' children by his first wife.
I find, however, that the Respondent's action in seeking to remove the Appellant is in accordance with the law and has the 'legitimate' aim of the maintenance of immigration controls.
Well, on the one hand Turks have a 'legitimate' need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognised as part of the West and Europe.
From 1767 to 1772, four 'legitimate' children were born.
How did the police come to be accepted as 'legitimate' authority figures rather than politically controversial bearers of power?
And since when does having a democracy excuse any country from 'legitimate' , reasoned criticism?
‘What we don't want to do is criminalize 'legitimate' behavior,’ she argued.
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