English Explanatory Dictionary

pretermitted child

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A child who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the child at the time the will was written, usually because the child was not yet born.

Word forms

pretermitted child pretermitted children

Related words

pretermitted heir pretermitted spouse
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