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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Free Bench

(francus bancus). The widow's right to a copyhold. It is not a dower or gift, but a free right independent of the will of the husband. Called bench because, upon acceding to the estate, she becomes a tenant of the manor, and one of the benchers, i.e. persons who sit on the bench occupied by the pares curiæ.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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