Legitime
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In civil law
That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal oause. The Civil Code of Louisiana declares that donations inter vivos or mo Ttie causa cannot exceed two-thirds i/f the property of the disposer, if he leaves at his decease a legitimate child; one-half if he leaves two children; and one-third if he leaves three, or a greater number. Under the name of "children" are included descendants of whatever degree they may be. It must be understood that they are only counted for the child they represent. Civ. Code La. art.
1480.
LEGITIME IMPERANTI PARERE NEcesse est
One who commands lawfully must be obeyed.
Jenk. Cent. Cas. 120.