English Dictionary

curtesy

名詞

不可算名詞

The tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.

日本語の意味

妻が亡くなった場合、子供が残る状況において、夫に認められる、亡くなった妻の財産に対する相続または保持の権利

Under old common law, the husband claimed curtesy in his late wife's land because they had a surviving child.

旧来のコモンローでは、夫は生存する子がいるため、亡くなった妻の土地に対する夫の生涯にわたる権利を主張した。

意味（1）

The tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.