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. ❋ Various (1852)
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? ❋ Unknown (2011)
At the beginning this would have rendered the process of legitimisation very difficult. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The main opposition party is absent and also some women rights activists boycott the jirga which they consider part of a Karzai legitimisation machine. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The continuous process of embodying cultural elements of the past secures this legitimisation. 16 ❋ Unknown (2008)
The enlightenment of the world from a single, central position, the winning of mass support through convincing arguments, the legitimate road to power by way of the ballot-box, the legitimisation by the people itself of power achieved — I fear it is hard to deny that these are democratic stigmata, revelatory perhaps of democracy in a decadent and feverish form, but democratic none the less. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"Criticism" of Israel finds its natural home amongst the anti-semites in the western democracies, and serves the cause of the de-legitimisation of Israel, and thereby the downfall of Jews. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Militarisation consists of the use of the threat of violence to settle political conflicts, the legitimisation of state violence, the curtailment of freedom of opinion, the domination of military values over civilian life, the violation of human rights, extrajudicial killings and the gross repression of the people (Chunakara, 1994). ❋ Unknown (2009)
Last recession saw the mainstream legitimisation of open source operating systems...because it was clear and away the most cost-effective choice. ❋ Phil Whitehouse (2008)
The answer is that the Arabs realised 60 years ago that they would never beat Israel militarily, and so adopted the strategy of relentless propaganda which has re-written history to their advantage, whilst the Jews are only just waking up the de-legitimisation of their right to statehood that this strategy has achieved. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Otherwise, pulling out of the run-off now would be a worse legitimisation of Mugabe's rule. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The free market is a revolutionary, anti-family idea used to justify the legitimisation of abortion, drug use, pornography, sexual promiscuousness, every kind of personal irresponsibility including abandonment of marital responsibilities and even criminal behaviour. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"We cannot have South Africa being involved in a legitimisation of a government based on a fraudulent political and electoral process," said the league's spokesman Castro Ngobese on Zimbabwe. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In America there is a parallel between the legitimisation of abortion and the decline in crime 15-20 years later. ❋ Unknown (2007)
This latest action indicates Belgium is in fact some sort of divine right oligarchy where being a member of the power elite is all the legitimisation you need. ❋ Richard (2007)
