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.