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...] about LEGITIMATE CHILD
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LENT
In ecclesiastical law. The quadragesimal fast; a time of abstinence; the time from Ash Wednesday to Easter. … [Read more...] about LENT
LEGITIMATION
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...] about LEGITIMATION
LEOD
People; a people; a nation. Spelman. … [Read more...] about LEOD
LEGITIME
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...] about LEGITIME