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a form of testate partible inheritance whereby a deceased's estate is separated into (1) an indefeasible portion (indefeasible = that cannot be annulled or made void: an indefeasible claim; indefeasible rights), the forced estate, passing to the deceased's next-of-kin, and (2) a discretionary portion, or free estate, to be freely disposed of by will