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Definition of Legitim
1. n. The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.
Definition of Legitim
1. Noun. (legal) Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Legitim
1. a child's inheritance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legitim
Literary usage of Legitim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"On this ground, a daughter marriage-contract, provided the whole conquest to the
children of was found excluded from the legitim, where the father had, ..."
2. Studies in Roman Law, with Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England by Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie (1865)
"Brothers and sisters have no right to claim legitim, except when the testator
has appointed an infamous person to be heir.^ If in the same succession there ..."
3. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman, Scotland Courts (1905)
"The contract did not exclude legitim. Certain of the children having at their
... legitim — Collation. — An eldest son who had sold part of the heritable ..."
4. Wills and Succession: Including Wills, and how to Make Them : Succession to by Allan McNeil (1896)
"Who may claim legitim.—The persons entitled to claim legitim are the lawful
children of a deceased parent alive at the time of such parent's death, ..."
5. The Law of Wills and Succession as Administered in Scotland: Including by John M'Laren (1894)
"Where the personal estate to be collated consists of CHAPTER vm. legitim, or
executry and legitim, and the children have the right where the of election. ..."
6. The Law of Scotland in Relation to Wills and Succession: Including the by John M'Laren (1868)
"The principle is, that the value of such advances or provisions is to be added
to the legitim fund, out of which the donee will then receive such a sum as, ..."
7. Lectures on Conveyancing by Alexander Montgomerie Bell (1882)
"The rights of legitim, and other rights arising by law in the father's ...
Upon that event, any child not legally excluded is entitled to claim his legitim, ..."
8. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1837)
"Lady Elizabeth Pringle is unquestionably excluded from her claim of legitim by
the express terms of her marriage- settlement ; but her exclusion will not ..."
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