Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The life tenure that by common law is held by a man over the property of his deceased wife if children with rights of inheritance were born during the marriage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
courtesy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
tenure that a man is entitled to over theproperty of hisdeceased wife if there is achild who couldinherit it.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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“Hello, girls,” Ivy said, thinking the curtesy was the ultimate irony since the two of them had forced their way in.
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“Hello, girls,” Ivy said, thinking the curtesy was the ultimate irony since the two of them had forced their way in.
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“Hello, girls,” Ivy said, thinking the curtesy was the ultimate irony since the two of them had forced their way in.
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Aug. 2nd, Monday, Mr. William Diggs his philosophicall curtesy all day.
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I know everyone gets so focused on those that die in war, but the ones who die at home deserve the same amount of "curtesy" as those who die at war.
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Please point out if the same "curtesy" is given to Jews in Saudi Arabia?
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Nearly 30 years later I still remember that sight, I don't mind it myself but I would have some common curtesy not to do it in line of sight of any local kids or people that it might really bother.
mollusque commented on the word curtesy
The misspelling tag is incorrect. A curtesy is a life estate that a widower has in land his son(s) will inherit.
December 26, 2008