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Lleh
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Lleh asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 3 years ago

Is there a word or legal term for a woman who is presumed to be a widow?

because her husband is missing or legally dead but might actually be alive?

Widow apparent? Widow elect? Widow presumptive?

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Nothing, she is still his wife until courts declare him dead, usually after 7 years of him being missing.

  • curtisports2
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Widow, if the man has been declared legally dead. If he's just missing but presumed dead, she's the wife of a man who is missing and presumed dead. There is no other term for it.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    No

    You either are or aren't

  • Nekkid Truth!
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    If her husband has legally been declared dead, she is a widow.

  • Michal Sychra
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    What about "alleged widow"?

  • Irtaza
    Lv 4
    3 years ago

    No!

    MCA- Irtaza Marketing Associates

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