Portion
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
is that part of a parent’s estate, or the estate of one standing, in loco parentis, which is given to a child.
1 Vern. 204. Vide 8 Com. Dig. 539; 16 Vin. Ab. 432; 1 Suppl. to Ves. Jr. 34, 58, 303, 308; 2 Ib. 46, 370, 404.