Legitimated

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Refers to specific legal forms of authentication by the State. It may apply in regard to documents, where the authentication of an official such as a notary to a document to be used in international transactions will undergo the process of legitimation (a formal blessing of the document by national authorities).

Legitimation also refers to the official recognition of a child born out of wedlock, whose parents subsequently marry, as a child of that marriage.