The phrase "a legitimate contract" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the validity or legality of a contract in legal or business contexts.
Example: "Before proceeding with the agreement, we need to ensure that it is a legitimate contract that complies with all applicable laws."
Alternatives: "a valid contract" or "an enforceable contract".
Outlook: On the bright side for the T'Wolves, they finally signed Joe Smith to a legitimate contract.
The statement said "this cargo is nothing but aging weapons which are to send back to Cuba after overhauling them, according to a legitimate contract".
"This cargo is nothing but ageing weapons which are to be sent back to Cuba after overhauling them according to a legitimate contract," the North's foreign ministry was quoted as saying by the state-run Central News Agency.
The judge trial referee wrote in an opinion earlier this month that Dana and Howard had a legitimate contract that Howard breached.
While the provisional government had respected "all legitimate contracts" from the Qaddafi period, it was undertaking a systematic review "for whatever financial corruption may have tainted them".
"The previous contracts, we have respected them … all legitimate contracts.
In 1990, FIBA, which represents 208 countries, including the United States, and the N.B.A. agreed to honor all legitimate contracts worldwide.
But the report said a lot of these student workers did not receive a legitimate labour contract and often had to accept work as part of graduation requirements.
Coming as it does from the enterprise IT stronghold of corporate hegemony, Windows and Office adoption collides with the new monetization challenge because of the lack of a legitimate user contract for behavioral data.
He violated the legitimate contract between his reporter and the sources, as if his superior judgment entitled him to ignore the agreements his reporters had made.
It is a primary function of society to set up the framework in which legitimate contracts, freely entered into, may be enforced, a state of affairs much more difficult to guarantee in the state of nature and outside civil society.
