legitime (大陆法)特留份 指无论父母在遗嘱中的规定如何，遗嘱人的子女均依法可继承的遗产份额。特留份有时也适用于立遗嘱人的其他继承人。没有法定理由，不得剥夺子女的特留份。在罗马法中，特留份在数量上相当于该继承人在无遗嘱时可继承的遗产份额的1/4。在美国路易斯安那州〔Louisiana〕，指根据法律而在父亲遗产中为其生存的婚生子女所保留的部分，属强制继承权，不得剥夺。又作legal portion；legitimate portion；forced portion，在苏格兰尤可作legitim。 (→forced heir)
legitime (lej-[schwa]-tim), n. Civil law. The part of a testator’s property that his or her children (and occasionally other heirs) are legally entitled to regardless of the will’s terms. La. Civ. Code art. 1494. • The legitime cannot be denied the children without legal cause. In Roman law, the amount of the legitime was one-fourth