DE RATIONABILI PARTE BONORUM

de    rationabili    parte    bonorum    (dee    rash-[ee]-<<schwa>>-nay-b<<schwa>>-lIpahr-tee

b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law  Latin  “of  reasonable  share  of  goods”]  Hist.  A  writ

allowing the wife and children of a dead man to recover a reasonable share of his goods from his

executors after his debts were paid. • This writ was usu. founded on custom rather than the general

law. [Blacks Law 8th]