Definition of "legitimisation" [legitimisation]

• Alternative spelling of legitimization. (noun)

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• "This is called legitimisation _per subsequens matrimonium_, and is not unfrequently taken advantage of by elderly gentlemen, who, after having passed the heyday of youth, wish to give their children a position, and a legal right to inherit their property."
• "If the civil service expected a hung parliament, did it prepare scenarios to be followed based on all the possible outcomes of that kind of result and, if so, should it not have included some form of legitimisation for a highly controversial programme not endorsed by the electorate?"
• "At the beginning this would have rendered the process of legitimisation very difficult."