mourning
(redirected from mourningly)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical.
Related to mourningly: morning
MOURNING. This word has several significations. 1. It is the apparel worn at
funerals, and for a time afterwards, in order to manifest grief for the
death of some one, and to honor his memory. 2. The expenses paid for such
apparel.
2. It has been held in England, that a demand for mourning furnished to
the widow and family of the testator, is not a funeral expense. 2 Carr. & P.
207. Vide 14 Ves. 346; 1 Ves. & Bea. 364. See 2 Bell's Comm. 156.