Curtesy
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Curtesy of England. The life estate which a husband has on the death of his wife in any lands of which she was seised, in fee simple or fee tail, during coverture, if he had lawful issue by her born alive and capable of inheriting.