A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.

He was a puckish widower whose wife and children were dead and whose grandchildren lived far away.

A similar problem exists with survivor benefits associated with the pension of a retired working woman, in relation to their transfer to her widower or orphaned children.

And in my lab, I was studying the widower effect, which is a very old idea in the social sciences, going back 150 years, known as dying of a broken heart.

Although the Law says that the widower is the half owner of the goods acquired during the marriage, in the practical terms a woman rarely knows, or insists on, her rights.

In the matrilineal system, when the husband dies, the widower can be obliged to remain in the late husbands nuclear family with her children, having right to benefit from the inheritance.

My grandfather was a rabbi and he was a widower who lived alone in a small apartment in Brooklyn that was my favorite place in the world when I was growing up, partly because it was filled with his very gentle, very courtly presence and partly because it was filled with books.

In accordance with the existing Family Law, a married woman may execute or manage her husband's property, but only if the latter is disabled or absent, and when the marriage has a prenuptial agreement to this end, or specifying who shall When the husband dies, the widower is fourth in the line (in relation to the children, parents, brothers) to inherit the goods.