Widow

A woman who has lost her husband by death. Widow's quarantine: the time after the death of a man during whicli his widow may remain in his chief mansion without paying rent, and during which her dower is to be assigned, — a period of forty days.

In English law

Widow's chamber: the apparel and furniture of her bedchamber, to which, by a custom of London, a widow is entitled. In Scots law. Widow's terce: the right of a widow to a third part of her husband's rents.