'Illegitimate union' definitions:

Definition of 'Illegitimate union'

From: GCIDE
  • Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, a.
  • 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word. [1913 Webster]
  • Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]