legitim

See also: legítim

English

Noun

legitim (plural legitims)

  1. (law) Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children.

Usage notes

Where there is the law of legitim, and in the case where the testator has children, it is not lawful for a testator with issue to designate his spouse as sole heir while ignoring his children.

German

Pronunciation
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Adjective

legitim

  1. legitimate

Further reading

Ladin

Adjective

legitim m (feminine singular legitima, masculine plural legitims, feminine plural legitimes)

  1. legitimate, legal, rightful

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin legitimus

Adjective

legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)

  1. legitimate

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin legitimus

Adjective

legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)

  1. legitimate

References

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

legitim

  1. legitimate

Declension
Inflection of legitim
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular legitim — —
Neuter singular legitimt — —
Plural legitima — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 legitime — —
All legitima — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

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