Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Bastardus non potest habere haeredem nisi de corpore suo legitime procreatum
A bastard cannot have an heir unless it be one lawfully begotten of his own body.
Legitime
Civil law. The part of a testator's free movable property that his or her children (and occasionally other heirs) are legally entitled to regardless of the will's terms. ( The legitime cannot be denied the children without legal cause. In Roman law, the amount of the legitime was one-fourth of the claimant's share on intestacy. - Also spelled (esp. in Scotland) legitim. - Also termed legal portion; legitimate portion; forced portion. See forced heir under HEIR.
Legitime imperanti parere necesse est
One who commands lawfully must be obeyed.
Omnia praesumuntur legitime facta donee probetur in contrarium
All things are presumed to be done legitimately until the contrary is proved.