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qualifying widow(er) The filing status used by a qualified person for the two years following a spouse's death. ...
Widow's Estate
Widow's Estate, is the result of the sastric law codified through judicial precedents. Thus the 'women's estate' in its larger connotation means: 'All property which has given to a woman by any means and from any source whatsoever and includes both properties in which she has absolute estate stridhana and property in which she has only a limited interest and the term is used in the context only later sense of property in which she takes only a limited or qualified interest. Such property is ether property inherited by woman, or property which has been allotted to her in a partition in her husband's family, Atava Akkulamma v. Gajjela Papi Reddy, AIR 1995 SC 166....
Widow
Widow, a woman whose husband is dead and who has not remarried, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1592.A widow is entitled equally with next of kin to administration of her deceased husband's estate subject to the discretion of the Court [see In the Estate of Paine, A.J., (1916) 115 LT 935]In regard to deaths after 1925, by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 46:-(1) The residuary (real and personal) estate of an intestate shall be distributed in the manner or be held on the trusts mentioned in this s., namely:-(i) If the intestate leaves a husband or wife (with or without issue) the surviving husband or wife shall take the personal chattels (q.v.) absolutely and in addition the residuary estate of the intestate shall stand charged with the payment of a net sum of 1000l. free of death duties and costs to the surviving husband or wife (with interest from date of death at 5 per cent. per annum until paid or appropriated and subject thereto as provided).(a) If the intestate lea...
immediate relative
immediate relative Spouse, widow(er) and unmarried children under the age of 21 of an American citizen. A parent is an immediate relative if the American citizen is 21 years of age or older. There are no numerical limits to immigration of immediate relatives. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
King's widow
King's widow, a widow of the King's tenant-in-chief, who was obliged to take oath in Chancery that she would not marry without the King's leave....
Widow's Chamber
Widow's Chamber. In London the widow of a freeman was, by the custom of the city, entitled to her apparel and the furniture of her bed-chamber, but this custom was abolished by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94....
Widow-Bench
Widow-Bench, the share of her husband's estate which a widow is allowed besides her jointure...
qualifying event
qualifying event : an event or condition (as a terminal illness) that permits an acceleration or continuation of benefits or coverage ;esp : an event involving an employee covered by a group health insurance plan that would result in a termination of coverage for the employee or a qualified beneficiary if not for federal provisions for the continuation of such coverage (as for six months) NOTE: Qualifying events for continuation of group health insurance coverage include the death, divorce, or legal separation of the employee, termination from employment for a reason other than gross misconduct, reduction in working hours, and the change in status of a child who ceases to be classified as a dependent under the terms of the plan. An employee is entitled to notice of the right to continuation after a qualifying event occurs. ...
qualify
qualify -fied -fy·ing vt 1 : to limit or modify in some way 2 : to make or consider eligible or fit [his training and experience qualified him as an expert witness] 3 : to issue a certificate or license to vi 1 : to meet certain requirements or criteria [ for a tax credit] 2 : to acquire competent power or capacity [has just qualified as a lawyer] ...
Qualifying service
Qualifying service, 'qualifying service' under rules means 'service qualifying for pension', Hans Raj v. State of Punjab, AIR 1985 SC 69 (74): (1985) 1 SCC 134: (1985) 1 SCR 1040. [Punjab Civil Service (Pre-mature Retirement Rule), 1975, R. 2(3)]Means service rendered while on duty or otherwise which shall be taken into account for the purpose of pensions and gratuities admissible, Union of India v. S. Dharmalingam, AIR 1994 SC 592: (1994) 1 SCC 179: (1994) 1 SCJ 58: (1994) SCW 238: (1994) 1 Serv LJ (SC) 169: (1994) 26 ATC 575: (1994) 68 Fac LR 140: (1994) 1 UJ (SC) 45: (1994) 1 Lab LN 11....
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