legitimation (of a child born out of wedlock)
Legal term referring to the process by which a child born outside marriage gains the legal status of a legitimate child.
The Civil Code has provisions regarding legitimation.
準正によって、その子は嫡出子としての地位を得る。
Through legitimation, the child obtains the status of a legitimate child.
Compound of 準 (quasi-, semi-) and 正 (correct, legitimate). The term is a legal coinage for the concept of legitimation.