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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 1, No. 43. Friday, 31 Aug 1990.
 
 
(1) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 90 17:40:09 EDT (10 lines)
      From: Ray Wheeler <DS001451@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
      Subject: Re: SHK 1.0036 The Second-Best Bed
 
(2) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 90 17:39:23 EDT (13 lines)
      From: Ken Steele <KSTEELE@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
      Subject: English Common Law and Shakespeare's Widow
 
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 90 17:40:09 EDT
From: Ray Wheeler <DS001451@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
Subject: 1.0036 The Second-Best Bed (84)
Comment: Re: SHK 1.0036 The Second-Best Bed (84)
 
Ken,
  I can't help but say thanks to you for the little treatise on the
second-best bed. The story may be old hat to others, but it was new
to me and most entertaining. It's probably a dumb question, but under
Common Law and in the absence of a will, who or what would have
determined which third the surviving spouse would receive? RW
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 90 17:39:23 EDT
From: Ken Steele <KSTEELE@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: English Common Law and Shakespeare's Widow
 
 
Well, sorry, but I'm no expert on English Common Law. I don't think
it mattered "which third" the widow would receive -- she received the
use of the family home and one-third of the wealth, I assume, or
income of the husband's estate. Does anyone else have any suggestions,
or perhaps good sources for this matter?
 
                                         Ken Steele
                                         University of Toronto

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