The following definitions are copied from "A LAW DICTIONARY ADAPTED TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE AMERICAN UNION" by John Bouvier, Revised Sixth Edition, 1856. CONSORT. A man or woman married. The man is the consort of his wife, the woman is the consort of her husband. RELICT. A widow; as A B, relict of C D.