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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A spouse who would likely stand to inherit under a will, but was not included in the will because they were not yet married to the testator at the time the will was written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
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