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noun

legitimacy

lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

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Six example sentences with legitimacy, each labelled with its topic.

  • The lecture asked where the legitimacy of any government comes from, if not the consent of the people governed.

    Philosophy

  • The tribunal questioned the legitimacy of the search, since the warrant named a different address entirely.

    Law

  • Rival claimants each printed genealogies to prove the legitimacy of their crown, and both documents were later shown false.

    History

  • Observers from six countries confirmed the legitimacy of the vote, and the losing party conceded by morning.

    Politics

  • The auditors questioned the legitimacy of the payment, since no signed contract authorized it and no invoice existed.

    Business

  • The league questioned the legitimacy of the trade because the paperwork reached the office after the deadline had passed.

    Basketball

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