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-