widow's bench
noun1
Law Historical A widow's share of her husband's estate in addition to her jointure.
- Related terms
- free bench
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noun
Law Historical A widow's share of her husband's estate in addition to her jointure.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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