FAVOR LEGITIMATIONIS

By SovConn | August 16, 2015

favor legitimationis (fay-v<<schwa>>r l<<schwa>>-jit-<<schwa>>-may-shee-oh-nis). [Latin

“(in) favor of legitimacy”] The principle that a court should attempt to uphold a child’s legitimacy.

[Cases: Children Out-of-Wedlock 3. C.J.S. Children Out-of-Wedlock §§ 13–17. [Blacks Law 8th]

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