In English law. A grant from the crown under the exchequer seal, by which the custody of lands, etc., seised in the king's hands, is demised or committed to some person as custodee or lessee thereof. Wharton. … [Read more...]

Lat. A custodian, guard, keeper, or warden; a magistrate. Custos brevium. The keeper of the writs. A principal clerk belonging to the courts of queen's bench and common pleas, whose office it was to keep the writs returnable into those courts. The office was abolished by 1 Wm. IV. c 5. Custos ferarum. A gamekeeper. Townsh. PI. 265. Castes horrci regit Protector of the royal … [Read more...]

Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the person who manages the property of a minor child until the child reaches the age of the majority, which is usually 21. … [Read more...]

Latin meaning A guardian of morals. … [Read more...]

Scotch law. A life-rent given by law to the surviving husband, of all his wife's heritage of which she died infeft, if there was a child of the marriage born alive. The child born of the marriage must be the mother's heir. If she had a child by a former marriage, who is to succeed to her estate, the husband has no right to the curtesy while such child is alive; so that the … [Read more...]