1.   The legitimate government was overthrown in a coup.

2.   You failed to do your duty as a soldier and succeeded in overthrowing the most legitimate government the nation has ever had.

3.   Government representatives were given authority to establish governments in exile, should legitimate government be taken over.

4.   By the end of February, France and Britain had recognized Franco and his cabinet as the legitimate government of Spain, and President Azaa had resigned.

5.   Because the United States and other countries refused to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, Rabbani was considered the de facto president.

6.   A decade later, Constantine was informing Congress that the drug lords were in competition with legitimate government for the control of Mexico.

7.   But the result was declared within hours, the defeated candidate embraced the victor and, under an unquestionably legitimate government, the economy is now steaming ahead.

8.   For decades both the nationalists on Taiwan and the communists on the mainland maintained rival claims to be the legitimate government of all China.

9.   For decades, Beijing and Taipei each insisted it was the legitimate government of one China and forced the rest of the world to choose between them.

10.   For decades, these parties agreed that there was only one China and differed only over which of them was the legitimate government.