widow
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 347 U.S. 334 - Thompson v. Lawson · 1954Most cited · 87 citing opinions
Longshoremen's Act
the essential requirement is a conjugal nexus between the claimant and the decedent subsisting at the time of the latter's death, which, for present purposes, means that she must continue to live as the deserted wife of the latter
How often courts cite the case defining “widow”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “widow” — 87 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1954–1954
only the decedent's wife living with or dependent for support upon him at the time of his death; or living apart for justifiable cause or by reason of his desertion at such time', 33 U.S.C.