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Definition of Curtesies

Curtesies
Curtesy Cur"te*sy (k?r"t?-s?), n.; pl. Curtesies (-s?z). [Either fr. courlesy, the lands being held as it were by favor; or fr. court (LL. curtis), the husband being regarded as holding the lands as a vassal of the court. See Court, Courtesy.] (Law) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. --Mozley & W.

Meaning of Curtesies from wikipedia

- The Curtesy Act 1226 (11 Hen. 3) was an act p****ed by the Parliament of England in 1226. It governed courtesy tenure, i.e. the life interest which a widower...
- primogeniture laws. Carole Shammas argues that issues of primogeniture, dower, curtesy, strict family settlements in equity, collateral kin, and unilateral division...
- had lots of unit citations too., US Army photograph hosted on Facebook, curtesy of Quentin Robinson, dated 1976, posted 11 November 2015, last accessed...
- ****ng, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, curtesy of "Deez Nutz" YouTube Channel, dated 17 November 2017, last accessed 21...
- with the consumer ****istance office NRW, with which the bank agreed on a curtesy arrangement of 27 million Euros. This agreement was positively reflected...
- Homestead Act, because married women lost most of their rights. Baron and feme Curtesy Dower Jure uxoris ‒ phrase related to a man holding titles of his wife...
- estate. This is done as a substitute for the common law rights of dower and curtesy. It is generally not possible to disinherit a minor dependent child. In...
- the extent of an interest held by the surviving spouse as a "dower or curtesy"; the value of certain items of property in which the decedent had, at...
- Courtesy tenure (or curtesy/courtesy of England) is the legal term denoting the life interest which a widower (i.e. former husband) may claim in the lands...
- time the right of the wife to dower and of the husband to an estate by curtesy depended upon the doctrine of seisin. The Dower Act (1833–1834), however...