Succession (Scotland) Act 2016
2016 asp 7
Commentary on Sections
Estate Administration
Section 26 – Abolition of right to claim in respect of expense of mournings
77.This section abolishes the common law right to claim the expense of mournings – the right of a widow and family to claim an allowance for the cost of special mourning clothes from the estate of the deceased.
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