Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

pretermitted heir

A child or spouse who has b3en omitted from a will, as when a testator makes a will naming his or her two children and then, sometime later, has two more children who are not mentioned in the will. * Most states have so-called "pretermitted-heir statutes" under which an omitted child or spouse receives the same share of the estate as if the testator had died intestate, unless the omission was intentional. - Also termed (more specifically) pretermitted child; pretermitted spouse. See PRETERR MITTED-HEIR STATUTE.