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The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock. The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of Legitimacy. Macaulay.

Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.

In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

The act of making legitimate. The coining or legitimation of money. East.

See Legitimist.

To legitimate.

The principles or plans of legitimists.

One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.

To legitimate.

The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.

Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

An illegitimate child. [R.]

To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

at. -- Bar sinister (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton. -- Bar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. -- Blank bar (Law). See Blank. -- Case at bar (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under a…

Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic] Why bastard wherefore base Shak.