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FREEBENCH , in See also:

English See also:law, the See also:interest which a widow has in the See also:copyhold lands of her See also:husband, corresponding to See also:dower in the See also:case of freeholds. It depends upon the See also:custom of the See also:manor, but as a See also:general See also:rule the widow takes a third for her See also:life of the lands of which her husband See also:dies seised, but it may be an See also:estate greater or less than a third. If the husband surrenders his copyhold and the surrenderee is admitted, nr if he contracts for a See also:sale, it will defeat the widow's freebench. As freebench is regarded as a continuation of the husband'., estate, the widow does not (except by See also:special custom) require to be admitted.

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