If that is a reply to my "Well, no" then it is beside the point. You are quoting laws that are about responsibility to "ex-wives" during the husband's life whi

If that is a reply to my "Well, no" then it is beside the point. You are quoting laws that are about responsibility to "ex-wives" during the husband's life while the discussion is about widows. There can only be one widow and widows' pensions did not, and do not, apply to ex-wives. Under common law alimony typically stops at the paying spouse' death, too.