Consummate

Complete; finished; entire. A marriage is said to be consummate. A right of dower is inchoate when coverture and seisin concur, consummate upon the husband's death. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 250, 251. A tenancy by the curtesy is initiate upon the birth of issue and consummate upon the death of the wife. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 140; 13 Conn. 83; 2 Me. 400; 2 Bl. Comm. 128. A contract is said to be consummated when everything to be done in relation to it has been accomplished. It is frequently of great importance to know when a contract has been consummated, in order to ascertain the rights of the parties, particularly in the contract of sale. See "Delivery," where the subject is more fully examined. It is also sometimes of consequence to ascertain where the consummation of the contract took place, in order to de-

Complete; finished; entire. A marriage is said to be consummate. A right of dower is inchoate when coverture and seisin concur, consummate upon the husband's death. 1 Washb. R. P. 250, 251. A tenancy by the curtesy is initiate upon the birth of issue, and consummate upon the death of the wife. 1 Washb. R. P. 140; Watson v. Watson, 13 Conn. 83; Witham v. Perkins, 2 Greenl. (Me.) 400; 2 Bla. Com. 12S. A contract is said to be consummated when everything to be done in relation to making it has been accomplished. It is frequently of great importance to know when a contract has been consummated, in order to ascertain the rights of the parties, particularly in the contract of sale. See Delivery, where the subject is more fully examined. It is also sometimes of consequence to ascertain where the consummation of the contract took place, in order to decide by what law it is to be governed. See Conflict of Laws; Contract; Lex Loci.

Completed; as distinguished from initiate, or that which is merely begun.

Completed; as distin. guished from énétiate, or that which iy 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 the lands, but his estate is not consummate till the death of the wife. 2 Bl, Comm. 126, 128; Co. Litt. ota.

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 the lands, but his estate is not consuminate till the death of the wife. 2 Bl. Com. 126, 128. Co. Litt. 30 a.