Paradoxically, forcible humanitarian intervention was often considered more legitimate before the United Nations was created than afterward.

This method is considered perfectly legitimate, but other pollsters contend that it is no more likely to be accurate than any other.

Nevertheless, their children were considered fully legitimate under Islamic law if recognized by the father.

The United Nations agreed that the run-up to the elections had been so flawed that the results could not be "considered credible or legitimate."

No constitution, they argue, can be considered legitimate unless opposition leaders from the north and south take part in drafting it.

But those elections can't be considered democratic or legitimate if they merely allocate political spoils between guerrilla leaders and a foreign-imposed regime.

All conversation regarding our studies is considered legitimate and profitable, provided it does not take place in the refectory or during the hours of the holy offices.

Those two, it would seem, are considered thoroughly legitimate.

A government cannot be considered truly legitimate unless it is democratically elected.

Then the King's coronation was considered absolutely legitimate.