Courtesy Or Curtesy

Scottish Law: Courtesy or Curtesy in the Past

Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce. Courtesy needs, 1st. That there must have been a living child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) born of the marriage, who is heir of the wife or who, if surviving, would have been entitled to succeed. 2d. That the wife must have succeeded to the subjects in question as heir either of line or of talzie or of provision. 1 Bell’s Com. 61; 2 Ersk. 9, 53. See Curtesy. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about courtesy or curtesy is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including courtesy or curtesy.

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