legitim
noun
the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.
legitime
-
a variation of
legitim.
Example Sentences
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STate legitime is whan the con- trouersy standeth in definicion or contrary lawes / or doutfull wry- tynges / or raciocinacion / or translacion.
From The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke by Leonard Cox
Against an inner wall is a tablet, which tells of certain men of Florac who 'pro Deo et rege legitime certantes coronati sunt, die II mensis Junii, anni 1793.'
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker
For they may remember, what the apostle saith of a greater law than theirs; Nos scimus quia lex bona est, modo quis ea utatur legitime.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
