Legal Definition and Related Resources of Legitimation
Meaning of Legitimation
The act of givhig the character of legitimate children to those who were not so born. This was formerly effected (1) By subsequent marriage of the parents, Hunter, Introd. Rom. Law, 29, introduced by CoBstantine (A. D. 335), abrogated by Zeno (A. D. 476), and revived and amiilified by Justinian (A. D. 529). (2) By offering the natural child to the curia (per oblationem curiae) ; making a son a decurio, or a member of the class that furnished the magistrates in provincial towns, or giving a daughter in marriage to a decurio. (3) By rescript of the emperor; mtroduced by Justinian. Legitimation of bastards, either by subsequent marriage or by an act of the government (Rescriptum principiis), is nothing but a legal equalization of certain childrai illegitimately begotten with legitimate children. 96 (3al. 560; Bar on Internaticmal Law, p. 434.
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Legitimation in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of legitimation.
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