English-Thai Dictionary
curtesy
N กรรมสิทธิ์ ที่ดิน ของ ภรรยา ที่ ตาย
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURTES
CURTES Cur *tes " (kr-ts "), a.
Defn: Courteous. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
CURTESY
Cur "te *sy (kr "t-s ), n.; pl. Curtesies (-s. Etym: [Either fr. courlesy, the lands being held as it were by favor; or fr. court (LL. curtis ), the husband being regarded as holding the lands as a vassal of the court. See Court, Courtesy. ] (Law )
Defn: the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. Mozley & W.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curtesy
cur te sy |ˈkərtəsē ˈkərtəsi ˈkərtəsi | ▶noun ( pl. curtesies ) Law, historical a tenure by which a husband, after his wife's death, held certain kinds of property that she had inherited.
Oxford Dictionary
curtesy
cur te sy |ˈkərtəsē ˈkərtəsi ˈkərtəsi | ▶noun ( pl. curtesies ) Law, historical a tenure by which a husband, after his wife's death, held certain kinds of property that she had inherited.
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