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legitimes

legitimes is the plural 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

Questions about legitimes

What is legitimes the plural of?
Legitimes is the plural of legitime.

Words near legitimes in the dictionary

  1. legitimatizes
  2. legitimatizing
  3. legitimator
  4. legitimators
  5. legitime
  6. legitimes
  7. legitimisation
  8. legitimisations
  9. legitimise
  10. legitimised
  11. legitimiser

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