Power and influence
For example, the legitimation of power can be understood using Max Weber's traditional bases of power. In a bureaucracy, people gain legitimate use of power by their positions which legitimate their use of power. As a man, Barack Hussein Obama (or any other president) has no legitimate right to wield power. As a president, his use of power is fully legitimated by the position he occupies in the bureaucracy. Therefore, even though the same individual is wielding power (and could at least hypothetically be doing so at a personal level), the position legitimates the man's use of power in the scope of his office.
In another example, if an individual attempts to convince others that something is "right", they can invoke generally accepted arguments that support their agenda. Interest groups must legitimate their courses of action based on invoking specific social norms and values. Invoking these norms and values allows the group to proceed in a rational and coherent manner with the expectation that their subsequent behavior is legitimated by the norms and values which guide their organizations.
Family Law
Legitimation can also be used as a legal term where a father of a child born out of wedlock becomes the child's legal father. Prior to legitimation, the child is said to be illegitimate. Once a child has been legitimated, he or she is entitled to all of the benefits from that father as he or she would if that man had been married to the child's mother at the time of the child's birth. The father is responsible for providing support to the child and the child is entitled to inherit from the father.
Sila Komen Berkenaan Tajuk Ini, Komen Anda Berguna Buat Kami Sebagai Satu Wadah Pembuka Minda, Terima Kasih