The year of mourning. It was a rule among the Romans, and also the Danes and Saxons, that widows should not marry infra annum luctus, (within the year of mourning.) Code 5, 9, 2; 1 Bl. Comm. 457.
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The year of mourning. It was a rule among the Romans, and also the Danes and Saxons, that widows should not marry infra annum luctus, (within the year of mourning.) Code 5, 9, 2; 1 Bl. Comm. 457.
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