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The answer ILLEGITIMATE has 11 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of illegitimate in various dictionaries:
noun - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
adj - contrary to or forbidden by law
adj - of marriages and offspring
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| (of a child) born of parents not lawfully married to each other. |
| a person who is illegitimate by birth. |
| not authorized by the law not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. |
| the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
| contrary to or forbidden by law |
| of marriages and offspring not recognized as lawful |
| born of parents not married to each other |
| not legal or fair: |
| born of parents not married to each other: |
| Illegitimate can also mean not legal: |
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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 |
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