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Legitime

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law. That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal cause.

Miller v. Miller, 105 La. 257, 29 South. 802; Gox v. Von Ahlefeldt, 50 La. Ann. 1266, 23 South. 959.

Legfitime imperanti parere neeesse est, Jenk. Cent. 120. One lawfully commanding must be obeyed.