In Roman law. That portion of a testator’s estate which he was required by law to leave to a child whom he had adopted and afterwards emancipated or unjustly disinherited, being one- fourth of his property. See Mackeld. Rom. Law,
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In Roman law. That portion of a testator’s estate which he was required by law to leave to a child whom he had adopted and afterwards emancipated or unjustly disinherited, being one- fourth of his property. See Mackeld. Rom. Law,
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