Legitimation (canon law)

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Legitimation is a term in Roman Catholic canon law to remove the canonical irregularity of illegitamacy for candidates for the priesthood.[1]

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  1. ^   "Legitimation". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 
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