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Subject_1 LEGITIM.
Date: Mr James Justice
v.
Murray and Livingston
10 November 1737
Case No.No. 2.
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An only child, who is therefore both heir and nearest of kin, has right to a legitim not only in competition with the relict, but likewise such whereof the father cannot prejudge him by any deed of a testamentary nature. (See Dict. No. 6. p. 8166.)
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