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Legitimus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Lawful; legitimate. Legitimus haeres et filius est quern nuptiae demonstrant, a lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful. Bracton, fol. 63. LEGO (Lat.)

In Roman law. I bequeath. A common term in wills. Dig. 30. 36. 81 et seq. LEGULEIUS (Lat.) A person skilled In law {in legibus versatus); one versed in the forms of law. Calv. Lex.; Cicero de Orat. 1.55.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Lawful; legitimate.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lawful; legitimate.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. Lawful; legitimate. Legitimas hseres et fllins est qnem nupti% demoustrant: a lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful