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Mourning

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The apparel worn at funerals, and for a time afterwards, in order to manifest grief for the death of some one, and to honor his memory. The expenses paid for such apparel. It has been held, in England, that a demand for mourning furnished to the widow and family of the testator is not a funeral expense.

2 Car. & P. 207. See 14 Ves. 346; 1 Ves. & B. 364. See 2 Bell. Comm. 166.