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curtesy – N.B. In the United States, 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. In some jurisdictions, there is no requirement that issue be born of the union. This estate has gradually lost much of its former value and now in some jurisdictions it attaches only to the real estate owned by the wife during the marriage, while in most states it has been abolished or otherwise materially altered. HCB.
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