Widow

A woman who has lost her husband by death.' A wife that outlives her husband.^ May refer to the person, not to her state, whether she remain a widow or marry again; as, in a statute giving a widow the right to sue for the homicide of her husband." Whenever a right by law has been attached by rea- ' Linn, 168, 275.

2 Foote V. State, 59 Md. 264, 287 (1882), Stone, J.; s. o. 4 Cr. L. M. 401. Compare 6 Alb. Law J. 70 (1873); Cooley, Const. Lim. *339-30; 1 Law J. 687; 61 id.

308. ' Be Ah Yup, 5 Saw. 155 (1878), Sawyer, Cir. J. 1 Be Camille, 6 F. E. 266 (1680). » Jeffries D. Ankeny,ll Ohio, 375 (1842); United States V. Barryman, 21 Alb. Law J. 194 (1879): E. S. §§ 21.54- 55; 2 Kent, 72. « Du Val V. Johnson, 39 Ark. 192 (1883), Eakin, J. See also Beardsley v. Bridgeport, 63 Conn. 492 (1885). 'Whitsell V. Mills, 6 Ind. 231 (1866): Webster's Diet. son of widowhood, there must be some law by which it is divested, or it will remain. ^ Widow's appraisement, law, portion, share or third, and renunciation are frequently spoken of. See those words, also Dower; Heir, 1; Husband; Qdasah- TiNE, 1; Bepkesentative, 1, Personal; Wife.