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légitime

légitime is the alternative spelling of legitime.

Meaning of legitime

Noun

legitime (plural legitimes)

  1. (civil law jurisdictions) A portion of a person's estate of which he cannot disinherit that person's children without a legal cause.
    • […] when there is no testament; but this is not to be understood of persons to whom a legitime, or child's part, is due by law.1850, The Civil Law in Its Natural Order, volume 1, page 102

Forms of légitime

plurallégitimes

Questions about légitime

What is légitime the alternative spelling of?
Légitime is the alternative spelling of legitime.

Words near légitime in the dictionary

  1. lævorotations
  2. lævorotatory
  3. lævulose
  4. lèse majesté
  5. lèse-majesté
  6. légitime
  7. légitimes
  8. Léogâne
  9. Léon
  10. Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis
  11. Lérida

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