Part 6455

<hw><hw>Leg"is*la`tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Leg"is*la`trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who makes laws.</def>

<i>Shaftesbury.</i>

<h1>Legislature</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Leg"is*la`ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l\'82gislature</ets>.]</ety> <def>The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.</def>

<blockquote>Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the <b>legislature</b>, no law is, or can be, made. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The <i>legislature</i> of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The <i>legislatures</i> of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections.</note>

<h1>Legist</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le"gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>l\'82giste</ets>, LL. <ets>legista</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <def>One skilled in the laws; a writer on law.</def>

<i>Milman. J. Morley.</i>

<h1>Legitim</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*git"im</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Legitimate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.</def>

<h1>Legitimacy</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*git"i*ma*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Legitimate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.</def>

<blockquote>The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of <b>Legitimacy</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Legitimate</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*git"i*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>legitimatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>legitimare</ets> to legitimate, fr. L. <ets>legitimus</ets> legitimate. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; <as>as, <ex>legitimate</ex> government; <ex>legitimate</ex> rights; the <ex>legitimate</ex> succession to the throne; a <ex>legitimate</ex> proceeding of an officer; a <ex>legitimate</ex> heir.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; <as>as, <ex>legitimate</ex> poems of Chaucer; <ex>legitimate</ex> inscriptions.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; <as>as, <ex>legitimate</ex> reasoning; a <ex>legitimate</ex> standard, or method; a <ex>legitimate</ex> combination of colors.</as></def>

<blockquote>Tillotson still keeps his place as a <b>legitimate</b> English classic. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Following by logical sequence; reasonable; <as>as, a <ex>legitimate</ex> result; a <ex>legitimate</ex> inference.</as></def>

<h1>Legitimate</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*git"i*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Legitimated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Legitimating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; <as>as, to <ex>legitimate</ex> a bastard child</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to <b>legitimate</b> vice. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Legitimately</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*git"i*mate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.</def>

<h1>Legitimateness</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le*git"i*mate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.</def>