Search results
- A formal term used to refer to a widow or widower in relation to succession to a deceased's estate.
www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/glossary/relict
People also ask
What is the difference between widow and relict?
What is a relict obituary?
Who is a widow if a person dies?
What does it mean to be a widow?
What does widower mean?
Who is a relict of a marriage union?
As nouns the difference between widow and relict is that widow is a woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower while relict is something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
Apr 23, 2014 · Two similar historical Latin terms often found in old obituaries are consort and relict; as noted in the following examples, they tell a researcher specifically if a woman was a widow prior to her death, or if her husband became a widower after she died.
A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried. The male form, "widower", is first attested in the 14th century, by the 19th century supplanting "widow" with reference to men. [1] The adjective for either sex is widowed.
A widow is any woman who has been legally married to the deceased (although she is not necessarily married to him at the time of his death), and has not yet re-married; whereas the woman who was married to him at the time of his death is his relict, and remains so regardless of whether she ever marries again.
In geology, a relict is a structure or mineral from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphosis when the surrounding rock did, or a rock that survived a destructive geologic process. In geomorphology, a relict landform is a landform formed by either erosive or constructive surficial processes that are no longer active as they were in the past.
rel· ict ˈre-likt. 1. : widow. 2. : a surviving species of an otherwise extinct group of organisms. also : a remnant of a formerly widespread species that persists in an isolated area. 3. a. : a relief feature or rock remaining after other parts have disappeared.
Feb 11, 2013 · Relict (relictus): Relictus is a Latin term meaning having inherited or been bequeathed. Ergo, the relict is the survivor (usually a widow) of the marriage union. The first sentence of this 1907 newspaper article reads: “Mrs. Prudence Hale, relict of the late Marshall Hale, died early yesterday morning at the home of her son…”
