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.
He claimed inheritance rights as a legitimate child.
Refers to a child born out of wedlock; the opposite of 嫡出子.
Another term for a child born outside of marriage, often used in legal contexts.
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.