ambler case DANSEN against haw that July a freeman of London have a son by a  former marriage marry a second wife and die she be entitle under the custom of  London which be not take away by the stat of Geo in this case lib Reg m a foe  a a woman marry a freeman of London who have a son by a former marriage the  son afterward die and the husband devise his personal estate to be lie out in  security and the interest of the whole to be pay to his wife for her life and  after her decease the principal to be pay to his sister and her child or such  of they as shall be then live the widow claim a moiety of the personal estate  by the custom of London and hold by Lord Hardwicke chancellor with great  clearness that she be entitle to it saint as it be not a case within the word  of the statute of Geo c S so as to be entitle to the privilege of it because  the husband have issue by a former marriage and dly if the court can go out of  the word of the statute yet it must be suppose that the woman know he be not  within the description require by the statute and therefore marry he on the  faith of be entitle to the benefit of the custom another question as to the  manner of settle the other moiety whether it be a contingent devise to the  sister and her child not to take place till after the death of the wife or  whether it shall be consider as a vest interest in they and the payment of the  money only postpone the widow insist on its be a contingent interest and that  if the sister child shall all die in her lifetime the sister herself be dead  that she shall be entitle to a moiety of the money under the statute of  distribution ambler er p Lord Hardwicke chancellor be of opinion that the  interest be vest and the time of payment only be postpone till after the death  of the wife which be do for conveniency and in order to let the wife receive  the whole profit see Tunstall n Brachen ante and case in note there smith v  partridge ante the word then mean the same as the precedent word after her  decease and those word be not to be construe strict to mean after her natural  death ambler but after the determination of her interest by natural death  civil death forfeiture or otherwise like the case of the limitation of a real  estate to a for life and after his death to b b will be entitle not only on  the natural death of a but on his civil death forfeiture or any other  determination of a s estate in his lifetime the only view be that if any of  his sister and her note it will seem that the word and her shall be omit child  shall be dead before the determination of the wife interest her share shall  not go to representative who may be stranger but to the survivor it appear  from lib Reg that the testator be marry to his first wife before the stat Geo  and the son who be bear before the month of June the time mention in the act  be live at time of the marriage with the second wife and that the husband have  no issue live at his death the testator by his will give two legacy of pound  and pound and a legacy of pound to his wife and devise the residue of his  estate to be lie out in security and the interest to be pay to his wife for  her life and after her decease he direct the principal to be pay to his sister  I Dansen and her child or such of they as shall be then live share and share  alike the bill be file by the four child of I Dansen who be dead the decree  after direct the usual account go on to order that the say c Myers the say  testator widow be allow her widow chamber and paraphernalia accord to the  custom of the city of London and that the residue of the testator personal  estate after payment of his debt and funeral expense and the allowance of the  widow chamber and paraphernalia be divide into moieties one moiety to belong  to the say testator widow as her share accord to the custom of the city of  London and the other to be consider as the testamentary or deadman share and  what the master shall find due for the legacy to be satisfy out of the  testamentary share except the legacy of pound give to the say widow she claim  accord to the custom in contradiction to the say will and the say pound have  be pay to her the same be to be apply in part of her customary share and the  clear surplus of the say deadman share be to be equal divide among the four  plaintiff the cost of all party to be pay out of the estate the wife of a  freeman shall not take by her husband will and likewise by the custom unless  it be so declare by the will Ketson v Ketson Prec Ch Edmundson v Cox Eq can  Abr pl see car v car atk Frederick v Frederick p W but she shall not be bind  by her election until she have see into the value of the husband effect Harvey  v Ashley atk see Tomkins v Ladbroke Ves see Northey v strange p W a freeman  widow be entitle to the furniture of her chamber or if his estate exceed pound  to pound in lieu of it Biddle v Biddle vin Abr pl   Litt a Rep b Bl Com in a  late case before sir John leech v c the interest of certain property in the  fund be under the provision of a settlement Payable to a for the joint life of  b and c and from and after the decease of the say a in case he shall die in  the lifetime of b upon trust to pay such interest to b a be convict of a  capital offence and transport for life it be contend on the authority of the  above passage that the civil death of a be equivalent to his natural death and  that on his conviction the interest belong to b but the vice chancellor hold  the contrary overrule the case put in the above judgement as not be law Hiett  v Bawden that June ex relation Mr beam ambler er p