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[001] not the mother's heir, [who] for that reason will have an action after his mother
[002] death.> If one has his entry through a second husband into land the wife had in dower
[003] of the gift of her first husband, let this writ then issue

Writ if dower has been aliened by a second husband.


[005] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. Order such a one that rightfully etc. he render to
[006] such a one so much land with the appurtenances in such a vill which she claims is her
[007] rightful dower (or ‘of the rightful dower which she had of the gift of her first husband’)
[008] and in which the aforesaid has no entry except through such a one, her second husband,
[009] who demised it to him, whom she could not gainsay in his lifetime, as she says.
[010] And unless he does etc., (as above).’ How she ought to be answered1 and the matter
[011] determined may be seen well enough above by example. If the husband aliens the
[012] dower the wife had by the gift of a former husband, which after the wife's death ought
[013] to revert to the heirs of the first husband, the heir is aided by this writ.

Writ if the husband aliens the wife's dower.


[015] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. Order such a one that rightfully etc. he render to
[016] such a one so much land etc. in which he has no entry except through such a one who
[017] demised it to him and who held it as the dower of his wife by the gift of her former
[018] husband, the father (or ‘brother,’ ‘grandfather,’ or ‘uncle’ or ‘cousin’ or ‘ancestor’) of
[019] the aforesaid, whose heir he is, as he says. And unless he does so etc. (as above).’

Writ which lies for the heir if the wife aliens her dower.


[021] If the heir claims dower aliened by the wife herself, then thus: ‘and in which the
[022] aforesaid has no entry except through such a one, the wife of such a one, who held it.
[023] in dower by the gift of the aforesaid, her former husband, the father (or ‘brother’ etc.
[024] as above).’

If the husband aliens his wife's dower.


[026] If the husband aliens the dower and the wife claims, then thus: ‘which she claims is
[027] her dower, which she had by the gift of her first husband and in which he has no entry
[028] except through her second husband, who transferred it to him per voluntatem, whom
[029] she could not gainsay, as she says. And unless he does so etc.’ Or in another way: ‘and
[030] in which he has no entry except through such a one, her former husband, who sold it
[031] to him, whom she could not gainsay in his lifetime etc.’

If the wife aliens dower.


[033] If the heir claims that the wife demised what she held in dower, then thus: ‘in which
[034] he has no entry except through such a one, the wife of such a one, the grandfather of
[035] the aforesaid, whose heir he is, through whose gift she held it



Notes

1. ‘responderi’


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