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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In civil law

One who had been twice married, whether both wives were alive at the same time or not; one who had married a widow. Especially used in ecclesiastical matters as a reason for denying benefit of the clergy. Termes de la Ley.