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widow
n. a woman whose husband died while she was married to him and has not since remarried. A divorced woman whose ex-husband dies is not a widow, except for the purpose of certain Social Security benefits traceable to the ex-husband.
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widow
a woman who has survived her husband.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
WIDOW. An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
2. In legal writings, widow is an addition given to a woman who is
unmarried and whose husband is dead. The addition of spinster is given to a
woman who never was married. Lovel. on Wills, 269. See Addition. As to the
rights of a widow, seq Dower.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.