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curtesy

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Curtesy of England

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Tenant by the curtesy

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Courtesy

Courtesy. See CURTESY

Copyhold

by a devise expressed to be in satisfaction of it. (10) Copyholds, by special custom, are subject to curtesy, and, by the custom of some manors, the husband is entitled to courtesy, though he have no issue

Tail

on the person who would have taken realty as heir of the body or as tenant by the curtesy if the Law of Property Act, 1925, had not been passed [s. 130 (4) (ibid.)] The limitation of

C'sarian operation

Med. Jur. If this operation be performed after the mother's death, the husband cannot be tenant by the curtesy; since his right begins from the birth of the issue, and is consummated by the death of the

Tenancy in Common

nor 'per tout' and consequently the jus accrescendi does not apply to them. This estate is subject to curtesy and dower. It is dissolvable-- (1) By a voluntary deed of partition; (2) By the union of all

Money land

land, so fully became land as, 1stly, not to be personal assets; 2ndly, to be subject to the curtesy of the husband, and (under the Dower Act) the dower of the wife; 3rdly, to pass as land

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