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Dates: 1100 - 1400 |
Title: An urban widow's rights to her husband's property |
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There were special laws, drawn up between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, which governed property rights in towns (burghs). This law specified the rights of a widow after her husband died. Note also that a daughter could be heir to her father if she had no brothers. The law was written down in Latin and later in Scots - the Scots version follows the translation below. |
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Of burges ayre in lande till na man assignyt [Of the burgess heir to land which has been assigned to no other person before the owner's death] |
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Ancient Laws and Customs of the Burghs of Scotland, Vol. 1.1124-1424 ed Cosmo Innes (Edinburgh: Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1868), Leges Burgorum, no 23, p.12 Translation by E. Ewan |
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