| 单词 | king's widow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking's widow king's widow n. Law (now historical) a widow who is obliged to ask the king's permission before remarrying, under laws intended to restrict the disposal of lands held in capite. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow pure widowhood1427 vowess1506 king's widow1540 widow1561 Merry Widowc1567 widow mother1582 virgin widowa1644 war widow1866 1540 Act 32 Henry VIII c. 46 §25 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 805 The said maister..shalhave auctoritie by this acte to survey all the Kinges widowes..that have maried them selfis without the Kinges licence..for their reasonable fynes to be made to the Kinges use. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Bbbb4v/1 The Kings widow..is that widow, which after her husbands death being the Kings tenent in capite, is driuen to recouer her Dower by a writ De dote assignanda. 1777 Laws respecting Women 208 The widow coming into the chancery, and there making oath that she will not marry without the king's leave, obtains a writ of dota assignando. These widows are called the king's widows. 1829 R. Thomson Hist. Ess. Magna Charta 173 The Relicts of such persons..were called the King's Widows..; and the ancient fine paid by any of them for marrying without license, was the value of her dowry for one year. 1967 G. J. Hand Eng. Law in Ireland 1290–1324 iii. 81 The justiciar's court was the proper place for such proceedings as..why a king's widow was married without licence, and so forth. 2012 M. A. Hicks 15th-cent. Inquisitions Post Mortem 7 Writs ordering such assignments specified that the ‘king's widows’ should swear not to remarry without royal assent. < as lemmas |
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