Portion
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
That part of a parent’s estate, or the estate of one standing in loco parentis, which is given to a child.
1 Yern. 204. See 8 Com. Dig. 539; 16 Viner, Abr. 432; 1 Belt, Suppl. Ves. 34, 58, 303; 2 id. 46; Appeal of Lewis, 108 Pa. 137; Holly v. State, 54 Ala. 240.
The.part, share, or division, made for a child by the parent. Dickison v. Dickison,