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Courtesy tenure (or curtesy/courtesy of England) is the legal term denoting the life interest which a widower (i.e. former husband) may claim in the lands of his deceased wife, under certain conditions.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Court, Curia, Dower, Elective share, England, Estate (law), Fee tail, France, Gavelkind, Germany, Henry I of England, Inheritance, Jointure, Land tenure, Lord, Marriage, Married Women's Property Act 1882, Moiety title, Sasine, Scotland, Seisin, Settled Land Acts, Tenement (law).

  2. Men in the United Kingdom
  3. Men's rights
  4. Property law of the United Kingdom
  5. Scots law legal terminology
  6. Widowhood in the United Kingdom

Court

A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.

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Curia

Curia (curiae) in ancient Rome referred to one of the original groupings of the citizenry, eventually numbering 30, and later every Roman citizen was presumed to belong to one.

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Dower

Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed.

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An elective share is a term used in American law relating to inheritance, which describes a proportion of an estate which the surviving spouse of the deceased may claim in place of what they were left in the decedent's will.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Estate (law)

In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth.

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Fee tail

In English common law, fee tail or entail, or tailzie in Scots law, is a form of trust, established by deed or settlement, that restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents that property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically, by operation of law, to an heir determined by the settlement deed. Courtesy tenure and fee tail are land tenure and Scots law legal terminology.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Gavelkind

Gavelkind was a system of land tenure chiefly associated with the Celtic law in Ireland and Wales and with the legal traditions of the English county of Kent. Courtesy tenure and Gavelkind are land tenure.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.

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Inheritance

Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. Courtesy tenure and Inheritance are Scots law legal terminology.

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Jointure

Jointure was a legal concept used largely in late mediaeval and early modern Britain, denoting the estate given to a married couple by the husband's family.

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Land tenure

In common law systems, land tenure, from the French verb "tenir" means "to hold", is the legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.

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Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Married Women's Property Act 1882

The Married Women's Property Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 75) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly altered English law regarding the property rights of married women, which besides other matters allowed married women to own and control property in their own right. Courtesy tenure and married Women's Property Act 1882 are property law of the United Kingdom.

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Moiety title

In law, a moiety title is the ownership of part of a property.

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Sasine

Sasine in Scots law is the delivery of feudal property, typically land. Courtesy tenure and Sasine are Scots law legal terminology.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Seisin

Seisin (or seizin) denotes the legal possession of a feudal fiefdom or fee, that is to say an estate in land.

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Settled Land Acts

The Settled Land Acts were a series of English land law enactments concerning the limits of creating a settlement, a conveyancing device used by a property owner who wants to ensure that provision of future generations of his family.

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Tenement (law)

A tenement (from the Latin tenere to hold), in law, is anything that is held, rather than owned.

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See also

Men in the United Kingdom

Men's rights

Property law of the United Kingdom

Scots law legal terminology

Widowhood in the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesy_tenure

Also known as Courtesy of England, Curtesy, Curtesy tenure.