Thirds — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Occurring in a will, construed to mean the same thing as dower. 2 Keyes (N. Y.) 558; 2 Abb. Pr. (N. S.; N. Y.) 418, affirming 46 Barb. (N, Y.) 609.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The designation, in colloquial language, of that portion of a decedent's personal estate (one-third) which goes to the widow where there is also a child or children. See Yeomans v. Stevens, 2 Allen (Mass.) 350; O'Hara v. Dever, 46 Barb. (N. Y.) 614.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Where a testator devises all Ms property, both real and personal, " after his just debts and funeral expenses are paid, and his wife's thirds are taken out," the wife is entitled to one-third of both the real and personal property after the debts, &c., are paid, the same as she would take under the intestate law. Horsey V. Horsey, 1 Houst. 438. A testator directed that his widow, in case of her second marriage, should be " thirded." It was held that, on such secof the estate, and that the remainder should go to the heirs and distributees. Baker v. lied, 4 Dana, 158. Thirds, in a will, was construed as equivalent to dower, in O'Hara v. Dever, 2 Abb. Pr. N. s. 418. And see 30 How. Pr. 278.