In old records. A ridge. tones terra, ridges of land. Cowell. … [Read more...]

An inferior officer of the papal court. Cursus curias est lex curiae. 3 Bulst. 53. The practice of the court is the law of the court … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning The practice of the court is the law of the court. … [Read more...]

The estate to which by common law a man is entitled, on the death of his wife, in the lands or tenements of which she was seised in possession in fee simple or in tail during her coverture, provided they have had lawful issue born alive which might have been capable of inheriting the estate. It is a freehold estate for the term of his natural life. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 127; 2 … [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...]