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Curtesy of England

Curtesy of England [jus curialitatis Angli', Lat.], an estate which by

Tenant by the curtesy. See CUTESY OF ENGLAND.

curtesy pl: -sies [Anglo-French curteisie, literally, favor, courtesy, originally in the

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of it. (10) Copyholds, by special custom, are subject to curtesy, and, by the custom of some manors, the husband is

as heir of the body or as tenant by the curtesy if the Law of Property Act, 1925, had not been

Courtesy. See CURTESY

does not apply to them. This estate is subject to curtesy and dower. It is dissolvable-- (1) By a voluntary deed

to be personal assets; 2ndly, to be subject to the curtesy of the husband, and (under the Dower Act) the dower

the marriage, it passed to him as 'tenant by the curtesy (q.v.) of England,' during his life, and after his death

but now the estate of the husband is called his curtesy, while the term free-bench is confined to the widow. Since

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