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Kenning To A Terce

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Scotch law. The ascertainment by a sheriff of the just, proportion of the husband's lands which belongs to the widow in virtue pf her terce or third. An assignment of dower by sheriff. Ersk. Inst, 11, 9. SO; Bell, Diet.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A sheriff’s computation or assignment of a widow’s third or dower.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the just proportion of the husband's lands which belong to the widow in right of her terce or dower. Bell.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

sc.

In Scots law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the portion of the husband's lands which belong to the widow in right of terce, or dower.