"legitime" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: legitimes [plural], légitime [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} legitime (plural legitimes)
  1. (civil law jurisdictions) That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal cause. Wikipedia link: legitime Categories (topical): Law Translations (Translations): 特留分 (tèliúfèn) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 特留份 (tèliúfèn) [Macau] (Chinese Mandarin), réserve héréditaire [feminine] (French), Pflichtteil [masculine, neuter] (German), 遺留分 (iryūbun) (Japanese), 유류분 (yuryubun) (alt: 遺留分) (Korean), zachowek [masculine] (Polish), legítima [feminine] (Portuguese), legítima [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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