See Also: CURTESY, or COURTESY, Scotch law(law)
COURTESY, OR CURTESY, Scotch law(law)
homocentric(medicine)
homocentric(1)(dictionary)
Curtesy(law)
homocentric(2)(dictionary)
courtesy(1)(dictionary)
courtesy(2)(dictionary)
courtesy 1, noun(dictionary)
courtesy 2, adjective(dictionary)

COURTESY, OR CURTESY, Scotch law (law) and homocentric(1) (iou)


COURTESY, OR CURTESY, Scotch law (law)


COURTESY, OR CURTESY, Scotch law. A right which vests in the husband, and is in the Nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce. Courtesy in the Nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce. Courtesy requires, 1st. That there shall have been a living child born of the requires, 1st. That there shall have been a living child born of the Marriage, who is heir of the wife, or who, if surviving, would have been Marriage, who is heir of the wife, or who, if surviving, would have been entitled to succeed. 2d. That the wife shall have succeeded to the subjects entitled to succeed. 2d. That the wife shall have succeeded to the subjects in question as heir either of line, or of talzie, or of provision. 1 Bell' s in question as heir either of line, or of talzie, or of provision. 1 Bell' s Com. 61; 2 Ersk. 9, 53. See Curtesy. Com. 61; 2 Ersk. 9, 53. See Curtesy.

homocentric(1) (iou)



homocentric adjective2. E20.
[from Latin HOMO noun1 + -CENTRIC.]
= ANTHROPOCENTRIC.