Free bench

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(Eng. Law) a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The first error in Sreenivasan's account of the descent of this tenement is the introduction into the account of freebench. Sreenivasan appears to believe that a description of a woman in the court rolls as being "in her pure widowhood" indicates that freebench rights are being claimed.
The land-family bond in England
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