Dowager-Queen
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The widow of the king. As such ste enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. It is not treason to conspire her death or violate her chastity, because the succession to the crown is not thereby endangered, No man, however, can marry her without a special license from the sovereign, on pain of forfeiting his lands or goods.
1 Bl. Comm. 233.