A writ which lay for the wife and children of a deceased person against his executors, to recover their reasonable part or share of his goods. 2 Bl. Comm. 402; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 122, L; Hopkins v. Wright, 17 Tex. 30.
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A writ which lay for the wife and children of a deceased person against his executors, to recover their reasonable part or share of his goods. 2 Bl. Comm. 402; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 122, L; Hopkins v. Wright, 17 Tex. 30.
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