legitimate claim
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegitimateandclaim
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legitimate
adjective
uk/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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claim
noun[C]
uk/kleɪm/us/kleɪm/
a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandclaimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In some cases, one may have alegitimateclaimagainst another that the obligated person should voluntarily fulfill without request.
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Others in such settings seem to have alegitimateclaimnot to have such matters forced upon them.
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At the same time, it was the basis for alegitimateclaimto have won the elections.
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If so, expand the racial taxonomy to include every group with alegitimateclaim.
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The traders in both stories clothe their commercial and, in some cases, political activities in an imperial garb to which they have nolegitimateclaim.
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Who has alegitimateclaimto receive these welfare goods and services?
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If the descendants have alegitimateclaimto compensation, then there must be other grounds for the claim.
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Yet how does one reconcile that information with herlegitimateclaimto war crime victimization?
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Leaving nolegitimateclaimunrecognized, the law required courts to recognize any existing custom and practice of common right.
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The woman's husband was from one of the founding village families and therefore, her family was highly respected and had alegitimateclaimto political power.
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If that be the law, there is a perfectlylegitimateclaimfor compensation for denial damage.
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But here, anylegitimateclaim, even though out of time, would be considered.
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It would be a shocking argument to use as a refusal to grant alegitimateclaim.
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Everybody wants something extra and all think that they have alegitimateclaim.
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In a sense it may be alegitimateclaimbut it has no legal basis because they are entering without documents or with forged documents.
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Let me assume for the sake of my argument that he has alegitimateclaim.
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If they can demonstrate that they are not, they have alegitimateclaimto ask for them.
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Every effort has been made to meet the statutory undertakers in every possible andlegitimateclaimthat they made.
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If a share fisherman cannot fish because of heavy weather, he should not be denied alegitimateclaimfor jobseeker's allowance.
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There is probablylegitimateclaimfor £20 million, but do not let us argue as to what the figure is.
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