. Heraldry, historical and popular . sters of any family have the same marriage, women participate in the dignities of their bus- 432 PRECEDENCE. bands, except in the case of certain dignities that are strictly-official ; but the dignities of wives are not imparted by marriageto their husbands. Marriage with an inferior does not affect the Precedence thatany woman may enjoy by birth or creation; but the wife of anyPeer always takes her rank from her husband. Women ennobledby marriage, retain their rank as widows; but, should theycontract second marriages, that rank ceases, and their
. Heraldry, historical and popular . sters of any family have the same marriage, women participate in the dignities of their bus- 432 PRECEDENCE. bands, except in the case of certain dignities that are strictly-official ; but the dignities of wives are not imparted by marriageto their husbands. Marriage with an inferior does not affect the Precedence thatany woman may enjoy by birth or creation; but the wife of anyPeer always takes her rank from her husband. Women ennobledby marriage, retain their rank as widows; but, should theycontract second marriages, that rank ceases, and their Precedenceis thenceforward determined absolutely either by the rank of theirsecond husbands, or by their own personal dignity of birth. The wife of the eldest son of any degTee precedes the sistersof her husband, and also all other ladies of the same degree withthem, such ladies having place immediately after the wives oftheir eldest brothers. This principle of Precedence obtains inall families of the same degree amongst No. 627 A.—Badge of Eichaed his Effigy at Westminster. (See p. 304.) It33
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