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pretermitted children

pretermitted children is the plural of pretermitted child.

Meaning of pretermitted child

Noun

pretermitted child (plural pretermitted children)

  1. A child who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the child at the time the will was written, usually because the child was not yet born.

Questions about pretermitted children

What is pretermitted children the plural of?
Pretermitted children is the plural of pretermitted child.

Words near pretermitted children in the dictionary

  1. pretermissions
  2. pretermit
  3. pretermits
  4. pretermitted
  5. pretermitted child
  6. pretermitted children
  7. pretermitted heir
  8. pretermitted heirs
  9. pretermitted spouse
  10. pretermitted spouses
  11. pretermitting

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