pars legitima

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The term "pars legitima" is Latin for "legitimate part". In Roman, civil, and Scots law, it refers to "legitim," which is the portion of an estate reserved for children and sometimes other heirs upon the death of the father. This is distinct from the "dead's part" or "reasonable part" of the estate. The concept of a legitimate share is rooted in the idea of kinship and ensuring heirs receive a rightful portion of an inheritance.1234

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…share in the estate (pars legitima), of which none of them could be deprived except upon serious cause stated in the will. When, after the fall of the Roman Empire, testamentary disposition came to be recognized again in the later Middle Ages, custom generally required that some minimum share,…
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…share in the estate (pars legitima), of which none of them could be deprived except upon serious cause stated in the will. When, after the fall of the Roman Empire, testamentary disposition came to be recognized again in the later Middle Ages, custom generally required that some minimum share,…
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