legitimáció

Legitimáció is a Hungarian term that refers to the act or result of establishing legitimacy or authority. In common usage it has two broad senses: authentication or verification of identity or authorization, and a legal or formal recognition of status.

In the authentication sense, legitimáció means proving that a person is who they claim to be or that they have the right to perform a certain action. This typically involves presenting documents, badges, or other credentials that attest identity and entitlement to access services, premises, or duties. In everyday and bureaucratic contexts, phrases like legitimációs igazolvány or legitimációs kártya are used to denote identification or access credentials.

In the legal or formal sense, legitimáció may refer to acts that confer or recognize legitimate status. For example, the legitimáció of a child can describe the process by which a child’s status is legally recognized as legitimate, with implications for inheritance or parental rights. The term can also be used more broadly to denote the legitimacy of a government, regime, or legal act—the acceptance or recognition by the public or by law that something is rightful and lawful.

Etymologically, legitimáció derives from Latin roots meaning to make legitimate, and the word is widely used across administrative, legal, and political vocabulary in Hungarian. See also: identitás, igazolvány, jogosultság, legitimációs eljárás.