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legitim

[ lej-i-tim ]

noun

Roman and Civil Law, Scots Law.
  1. the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of legitim1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ±ôŧ²µ¾±³Ù¾±³¾²¹ ( pars ) the lawful (part), equivalent to ±ôŧ²µ¾±- (stem of ±ôŧ³æ law) + -tima, feminine of -timus adj. suffix
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Example Sentences

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Some delay was occasioned by the gentlemen of the long robe, but the Sponsalia having been finally perused and settled by the eminent barrister Chrysostom Silvertongue, Q.C., were engrossed on the Legitim� Tabell�, and were sealed on Woden's day last.

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Ac ill� ex justis nuptiis inter Henricum Septimum et dominam Elizabetham clarissimos nostros parentes contractis in nobis inde legitim� nat� sobole sopit� tandem desierunt.

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Non modo quod a tam illustris et amabilis mulieris consuetudine et consortio divertendum sit, sed multo magis quod specie ad similitudinem veri conjugii decepti in amplexibus plusquam fornicariis tam multos annos trivimus null� legitim� prognat� nobis sobole qu� nobis mortuis hujus inclyti regni hereditatem capessat.

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