accompanied it into whatever hands it afterwards went, and gave her the right of following and reclaiming it. But, if the endowment were general, and no particular land specified, the Wife did not acquire any immediate right, on account of the uncertainty; it being questionable, what identical allotment would fall to her share, until the assignment took place. (Bracton 300. b.)] CHAP. IV. Upon the death of the Husband of a Woman, her Dower, if it has been named, will either be vacant or not. In the former case, the woman may, with the consent of the Heir, enter upon her Dower,[170] and retain the possession of it. If, however, the Dower be not vacant, either the whole will be so circumstanced, or some part will be vacant, and some not. If a certain part be vacant, and a certain part not, she may pursue the course we have described, and enter into the part which is vacant; and for the residue, she shall have a Writ of Right, directed to her Warrantor[171] in order to compel him to do complete Justice concerning the Land, which she claims as appertaining to her reasonable Dower, which Writ shall be as follows:—— [Footnote 170: It seems, that the Widow took possession of the property in the same state in which it existed at the death of her Husband, whether in cultivation, or otherwise, with the fruits, returns, and all other things appertaining to it. (Bracton 98. a. Fleta L. 5. c. 24. s. 2.)] [Footnote 171: Namely, the Heir of her Husband. (Vide Reg. Maj. L. 2. c. 16.)] CHAP. V. “The King to _M._ Health.[172] I command you that, without delay, you hold full right to _A._ who was the Wife of _E._ of one Hyde of Land, in such a Vill, which she claims to belong to her reasonable Dower, which she holds of you in the same Vill by the free service of ten shillings, by the year, for every service, of which _N._ has deforced her: and unless you do so, the Sheriff shall,[173] least she should anymore complain, for want of Justice. Witness &c.” [Footnote 172: Vide F.N.B. 18.] [Footnote 173: Among the Constitutions of the Ancient kings, the Mirror informs us, “it was ordained, that after a Plaint of wrong be sued, that no other have Jurisdiction in the same place, before the first Plaint be determined: and from thence came this clause in a Writ of Right, _Et nisi feceris vicecomes faciat_.” (Mirror c. 1. s. 3.)] CHAP. VI. The Plea shall be discussed in the Court of the Warrantor by virtue of this Writ, until it be proved that such Court has failed in doing Justice, concerning the nature of which, we shall speak in another place.[174] Upon proof of this, the Suit shall be removed into the County Court, through the medium of which, the Suit may, at the pleasure of the King or his Chief Justiciary, be lawfully transferred to the King’s Court by the following Writ:[175]—— [Footnote 174: V. Infra L. 12. c. 7.]