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LEGITIMATE CHILD

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the name given to a child who is born of married parents or a child born out of wedlock who has acquired legitimacy. … [Read more...]

LENT

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In ecclesiastical law. The quadragesimal fast; a time of abstinence; the time from Ash Wednesday to Easter. … [Read more...]

LEGITIMATION

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The making legitimate or lawful that which was not originally so; especially the act of legalizing the status of a bastard. Legitimation per subsequent matrimo nium. The legitimation of a bastard by the subsequent marriage of his parents. Bell. … [Read more...]

LEOD

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People; a people; a nation. Spelman. … [Read more...]

LEGITIME

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Lat. In the civil law. That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal cause. Legitime imperanti parere neeesse est. Jenk. Cent. 120. One lawfully commanding must be obeyed. … [Read more...]

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