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Widower
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WidowerA man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for his own use.
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Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.
Widower
A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for his own use.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Administrator
A person who administers the estate of a person deceased. The administrator is appointed by a court and is the person who would then have power to deal with the debts and assets of a person who died intestate. Female administrators are called "administratrix." An administrator is a personal representative.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
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Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Widow's chamber
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.
Widowhood
The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
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White persons
The acts of congress which authorize the naturalization of aliens, confine the description of such aliens to free white persons.This of course excludes the African race when pure, but it is not easy to say what shade of color or mixture of blood will make a white person.
White rent
English law. Rents paid in silver, and called white rents or redditus albi, to distinguish them from other rents which were not paid in money.
Whole blood
Being related by both the father and mother's side; this phrase is used in contradistinction to half, blood, which is relation only on one side.
Wholesale
To sell by wholesale, is to sell by large parcels, generally in original packages, and not by retail
Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Widower
Widowhood
The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
Widow's chamber
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.
Wife de fait
A wife de facto.
Wild animals
Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Ferae naturae.
Wilfully
1) Intentionally. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be stated to be wilfully done. 2) In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an equivalent for the word wilfully, in an indictment for arson.
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Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.
Widower
A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for his own use.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Administrator
A person who administers the estate of a person deceased. The administrator is appointed by a court and is the person who would then have power to deal with the debts and assets of a person who died intestate. Female administrators are called "administratrix." An administrator is a personal representative.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
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Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Widow's chamber
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.
Widowhood
The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
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White persons
The acts of congress which authorize the naturalization of aliens, confine the description of such aliens to free white persons.This of course excludes the African race when pure, but it is not easy to say what shade of color or mixture of blood will make a white person.
White rent
English law. Rents paid in silver, and called white rents or redditus albi, to distinguish them from other rents which were not paid in money.
Whole blood
Being related by both the father and mother's side; this phrase is used in contradistinction to half, blood, which is relation only on one side.
Wholesale
To sell by wholesale, is to sell by large parcels, generally in original packages, and not by retail
Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Widower
Widowhood
The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
Widow's chamber
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.
Wife de fait
A wife de facto.
Wild animals
Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Ferae naturae.
Wilfully
1) Intentionally. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be stated to be wilfully done. 2) In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an equivalent for the word wilfully, in an indictment for arson.
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