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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Lat. In the civil law. That portion of a parent’s estate of which he eannot disinherit his children withuut a legal cause. Legitims imperanti parere necesse est.

Jenk. Cent. 120.

One lawfully commanding must be obeyed.