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Forced Heirs

In Louisiana. Those persons whom the testator or donor cannot deprive of the portion of hia estate reserved for them by law, except in cases where he has a just canse to disinherit them. CivU Code La. art. 1495. And see Crain v. Crain, 17 Tex. 90; Hagerty v. Hagerty, 12 Tex. 456; Miller v. Miller, 105 La. 257, 29 South. 802

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)