Widow's Chamber
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. In London, the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so called, and the widow is entitled to it. 2 Bl. Comm. 518.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Loudon the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so called, and the widow is entitled to it. 2 Bla. Coin. 518.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In London, the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so calied, and the widow is entitled to it 2 Bl. Comm. 518.
Defined under Widow in Black's Law Dictionary.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The apparel and furniture chamber, to which she was entitled by a London ow's quarantine: the period of forty days man seised of land, during which the widow chief mansion without paying rent, and during was to be assigned. Widow's terce: in of a widow to a third part of her husband's