Widow - Law Dictionary Search Results
Relict
Relict, a widow. Relict, means a widow, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1293.
Dowress
Dowress, a widow entitled to dower.
Discovert
Discovert, a widow; a woman unmarried; one not within the bonds of matrimony
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Dowager
Dowager, a widow endowed.
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Dower
with a marriage portion. Dotarium, M. Lat., dotaire, Prov.; douaire, Fr.; a dowry of marriage provision; douairiere, a widow in possession of her portion, a dowager], the right which a wife has in the third part of
Distribution, Statute of
10), now only applied to intestacies prior to 1926, repealed by (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (see WIDOW), explained by the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 2, c. 3, enacts that the surplusage of intestates' personal
Free-bench
Free-bench [sedes libera, Lat.], a widow's dower out of copyholds to which she was entitled by the custom of some manors. It is regarded
Marriage
3 Sm 3 Gif 481, aff. In (1861) 9 HLC 193. The law prohibiting marriage with a brother's widow or a deceased wife's sister remained long in force in England, inspite of many attempts to follow the
Intestates Estates Act, 1890 (English)
and not re-enacted by the A.E. Act, 1925, in the case of persons dying intestate after 1925. See WIDOW. By the Act of 1890 the real and personal estate of every man dying wholly intestate after September
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