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Reasonable parts

property, one of which went on his death to his widow, and the other to his children, the remaining third going

Jus relictae

Jus relictae, means 'right of a widower'. A widow's claim to her share of her deceased husband's

elective share

of an estate set by statute that a widow or widower or sometimes a child is entitled to claim in lieu

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Paternity

Peerage, 1903, AC 395). It becomes a question, when a widow marries immediately after the death of her husband, and she

Sati

the act of burning or burying alive of-- (i) any widow along with the body of her deceased husband or any

Relict

Relict, a widow. Relict, means a widow, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Quarantine, or Quarentaine

Quarantine, or Quarentaine. 1. By Magna Carta, the widow shall not be distrained to marry afresh, if she choose

Uses

nor legal estate in the property. (5) Neither could a widow be endowed, nor could a husband have his curtesy of

Obtain maintenance from

court opinion, significant. It does not merely mean that the widow is somehow managing to live with or is being maintained

enjoyment

use, or possession (as of rights or property) [widows and widowers were relegated to lifetime of the marital estates "W. M.

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