King's Widow
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In feudal law. A widow of the king's tenant. She was not allowed to.remain without the king's consent, lest she thereby induct the king's enemy into the tenure. KINSBOTE (from kin, and bote, a composition). In Saxon law. A composition for killing a kinsman. Anc. Inst. Eng. Index, "Bote."