Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Illegitimate
adj. 1. (Of a child) born out of wedlock <illegitimate son>. 2. Against the law; unlawful <illegitimate contract for the sale of contraband>. 3. Improper <illegitimate conduct. 4. Incorrectly inferred <illegitimate conclusion>.
Legitimate
adj. 1. Complying with the law; lawful <a legitimate business>. 2. Born of legally married parents <a legitimate child>. 3. Genuine; valid <a legitimate complaint>. -legitimacy, n.
illegitimate child
A child that was neither born nor begotten in lawful wedlock nor later legitimized. ( At common law, such a child was considered the child of nobody (nullius falius) and had no name except what was gained by reputation. Being no one's child, an illegitimate child could not inherit, even from the mother, but statutes in most states changed this rule to allow maternal inheritance. - Also termed bastard; child out of wedlock; nonmarital child. Cf. BASTARD.
legitimate child
1. At common law, a child born or begotten in lawful wedlock. 2. Modernly, a child born or begotten in lawful wedlock or legitimized by the parents' later marriage.
legitimate portion
See LEGITIME.