also: てきしゅつし
legitimate child; child born in wedlock
Legal term used in family law contexts. Refers to a child whose parents were married at the time of birth.
The legal differences between legitimate and illegitimate children have been reduced by recent legal reforms.
彼は嫡出子として相続権を主張した。
He claimed inheritance rights as a legitimate child.
illegitimate child
Standard legal term for a child born in wedlock.
Irregular kanji usage; not standard. May appear in older or non-standard texts.
Compound of 嫡出 (ちゃくしゅつ, 'born in wedlock') + 子 (し, 'child'). The reading てきしゅつし is an irregular variant.