Initiate
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Commenced. A husband was, in feudal law, said to be tenant by the curtesy initiate when a child who might inherit was born to his wife, because he then first had an inchoate right as tenant by the curtesy, and did homage to the lord as one of the pares curiae, peers of the court; whence "curtesy." This right became consummated on the death of the wife before the husband. See 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 127; 1 Steph, Comm. 247.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Commenced. A husband was, in feudal law, said to be tenant by the curtesy initiate when a child who might inherit was born to his wife, because he then first had an inchoate right as tenant by the curtesy, and did homage to the lord as one of the pares curtis; whence curtesy. This right became consummated on the death of the wife before the husband. See 2 Bla. Com. 127; 1 Steph. Com. 247.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Begun. Initiate curtesy: the interest of a husband in the lands of the wife, begun upon the birth of a child capable of inheriting, and continuing until the death of the wife, when it becomes consummate or complete.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Beguu. Initiate during his wife's life, capable of inheriting,