Legitime

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.

In Civil Law. That i\)rtion of a parent’s estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal cause. The civil code of Louisiana declares that donations inter vivos or mortis causa cannot exceed two-thirds of 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 naqie of children are included descendants of whatever degree they may be, who are only counted for the child they represent. In Holland, Germany, and Spain, the principles of the Falcidian law, more or less limited, have been generally adopted; Coop. Just. 516. In the United States (except Louisiana) and in England there is no restriction, except as to the widow’s rights, on the right of bequeathing. But this power of bequeathing did not originally extend to all a man’s personal estate: on the contrary, by the common law, as It stood in the reign of Henry II., a man’s goods were to be divided into three equal parts, one of which went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his dispose of one moiety, and the other went to his children; and so e converso If he had no children, the wife was entitled to one moiety, and he might bequeath the other; but If he died without either wife or issue, the whole was at his own disposal; Qlanville, 1. 2, c. 5; Bracton, 1. 2, c. 26; 2 Poll. & Maltl. 346. The shares of the wife and children wei’e called their reasonable part; 2 Bla. Com. 491. This law existed in the province of York till 1692, and still exists in Scotland. The respective parts are called dead's part — dead man's part, — wife's part, bairn's part. There is every reason to believe that this was the practice in the 13th century in England. 2 Poll. & Maltl. Hist. E. L. 348. See Dead Man’s Part; Bairn’s Part; Faeci DiAN Law. LEGITIMI H/EREDES. Agnati, because the inheritance was given to them by the laws of the Twelve Tables, whereas the cognati only received it from the praetor. Sand. Just. 280. LEGULEIU8. One skilled in the law. Calvinus, Lex.

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.

I. Lawfully; with authority of law. Legitime imperanti parere necesse est: one who commands lawfully must be obeyed.

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.

The Latin adverb, meaning lawfully, legitimately. Legitime imperanti parere necesse est. To one lawfully commanding, it is necessary to yield obedience.