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Reasonable parts. The two-thirds of a man's personal property, one of which went on his death to his widow, and the other to his children, the remaining third going in accordance with his will. This right of the widow and children was expressly saved to them by a still unrepealed clause of Magna Carta, but became lost to them by imperceptible degrees. The Wills Act, 1837, is inconsistent with, but does not expressly repeal, the saving of Magna Charta for the 'reasonable parts,' but the Wills Act does not apply to Scotland, where (see LEGITIM), as generally throughout Europe, except in England and Ireland, the rights of the widow and children are in full force.