- tenant by curtesy initiate
- : a husband who holds a potential interest in an estate by curtesy initiate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tenant by curtesy initiate
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curtesy initiate — At common law, a life estate of the husband in the real property of which his wife is seised of an estate of inheritance during the duration of the marriage, the conditions under which such an estate arises being the marriage, scisin by the wife … Ballentine's law dictionary
initiate tenant by curtesy — See curtesy initiate … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate of tenant by the curtesy initiate — See tenant by the curtesy initiate … Ballentine's law dictionary
tenant by the curtesy — See curtesy; curtesy consummate; curtesy initiate … Ballentine's law dictionary
consummate — /kansamst/, adj. Completed; as distinguished from initiate, or that which is merely begun. The husband of a woman seised of an estate of inheritance becomes, by the birth of a child, tenant by the curtesy initiate, and may do many acts to charge… … Black's law dictionary
consummate — /kansamst/, adj. Completed; as distinguished from initiate, or that which is merely begun. The husband of a woman seised of an estate of inheritance becomes, by the birth of a child, tenant by the curtesy initiate, and may do many acts to charge… … Black's law dictionary
