English Dictionary

free bench

名詞

歴史的 不可算名詞

(law, historical) A married woman's entitlement to the use of her husband's lands or property after he dies; or the land and property itself considered as such an entitlement.

日本語の意味

（法・歴史的な用語）夫の死後に既婚女性が夫の土地や財産を使用できる権利、またはその権利の対象となる土地や財産を指す。

After her husband's death, she claimed the free bench over the farm and refused to leave.

夫の死後、彼女は夫の土地を使用する寡婦の権利を主張し、農場を離れることを拒んだ。

意味（1）

(law, historical) A married woman's entitlement to the use of her husband's lands or property after he dies; or the land and property itself considered as such an entitlement.

In most manors, free-bench consists of one half of the husband's copyhold; although, in others, it consists of a third or fourth part, and in some few, of the whole copyhold.