Legitimacy

The word legitimacy means something which is good and right. The thing may be right because it follows the law, a religion calls it right, or it may be...

a ruler whose status is based solely on power of violence without any legitimacy (that is: right by law). A warlord is a military commander, usually a...

is called matrilineal succession. In some cases inheritance depends on legitimacy. Cultural inheritance is called legacy. Genetic inheritance is called...

say that their bishops have apostolic succession, that is that their legitimacy comes from an apostle. The first of these churches was the Old Catholic...

inspiration and guidance. Sometimes, when a head of government lacks legitimacy, people will stop following him or her. The head of government is therefore...

Liberation Committee which after some months of negotiations regarding its legitimacy became regarded as the Czechoslovak government-in-exile by the Allies...

to pressure from other African countries, which did not recognise the legitimacy of the Rhodesian state. The country's successor state, Zimbabwe, made...

heavy regional pressure, caused over doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of his succession. Succeeded Eyadéma as the constitutional successor,...

able to abolish the system. Shi (Chinese: 勢; pinyin: shì; literally "legitimacy, power or charisma"): The position of the ruler is important, not the...

Idlib?". 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2024-03-26. "How Do Non-State Actors Seek Legitimacy? The Case of Idlib". ISPI. Retrieved 2024-03-26. This short article about...

(1998) ISBN 1-86203-081-2 Schatz, Edward (2006). "Access by Accident: Legitimacy Claims and Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Central Asia". International...

Alcântara's renounce to has no legal validation, but Pedro Henrique's legitimacy was nonetheless widely recognized by the Brazilian monarchists and international...

Republic of China and the Republic of China insist they each have sole legitimacy of China against each other. Practically, the former is administering...

style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims. It has been claimed as the title of rulers...

ISBN 978-0-7456-4077-8. Retrieved 20 July 2013. Thomas Banchoff; Mitchell Smith (1999). Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4...

opposition who don't accept this for moral reasons, which undermines the legitimacy of the ruling party and the system. Russia is an example of this. This...

ISBN 978-1-56324-448-3. Retrieved 21 August 2012. T. Banchoff (28 June 1999). Legitimacy and the European Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4...

slate of president and vice president. Disputes over the transparency and legitimacy of the elections caused weeks of widespread protests in Bolivia after...

paid editing service, writing content for Wikipedia and other sites. The legitimacy of the idea was supported by the English Wikipedia’s Reward Board, where...

Seleucid Empire after the death of Antiochius IV, and who supported the legitimacy of the Maccabees cause. However, in this folk rendering of history, Mebikyas...