(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.

The process of making or declaring a person legitimate. / (obsolete) Legitimacy. / The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.

plural of legitime

(law) That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal cause.

simple past tense and past participle of legitimize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimize

present participle of legitimize

plural of legitimization

present participle of legitimate

One who, or that which, legitimizes.