widow's election

n. the choice a widow makes between accepting what her husband left her in his will and what she would receive by the laws of succession. Example: the state law in which the husband died would give his widow one-half of his estate by the law of succession (the other half going to the children) if there were no will, but in his will the late husband left his widow only one-quarter of his estate. She can elect to take the one-half. (See: succession, descent and distribution, will, community property)

单词	widow's election
释义	widow's election widow's election n. the choice a widow makes between accepting what her husband left her in his will and what she would receive by the laws of succession. Example: the state law in which the husband died would give his widow one-half of his estate by the law of succession (the other half going to the children) if there were no will, but in his will the late husband left his widow only one-quarter of his estate. She can elect to take the one-half. (See: succession, descent and distribution, will, community property) widow's election widow's election In some states a widow may claim a portion of her husband's estate,even if she is intentionally excluded from his will. Normally it is the amount she would take by statute if the husband had died intestate—without a will.
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