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curtesies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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