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Curtesies
Curtesy Cur"te*sy (k?r"t?-s?), n.; pl. Curtesies (-s?z). [Either fr. courlesy, the lands being held as it were by favor; or fr. court (LL. curtis), the husband being regarded as holding the lands as a vassal of the court. See Court, Courtesy.] (Law) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. --Mozley & W.

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- This pe**** began to fawne and flatter me in Ierland offering me great curtesie, telling me what pay grases & giftes they earles bestowed uppon him, therby...
- serjeant-at-law, he was then appointed to the vicarage of Messing, Es**** (Christian Curtesie, dedication). On 25 May 1632 he was presented by Richard Hubert to the...
- scorneth both me and yow. DOCTRINE: Ydelnes, come nere And lerne of me som curtesie. YDELNES: Y shrew me and Y come ther While thou art so angry. OCCUPACION:...
- straungers Yoakes, your neckes doe never bow. ... Our gratious Queene, of curtesie the flowre, Faire Englands Gem: of lasting blisse and joye: ... Sir Walter...
- sermons of Theodore Beza and "found him no lesse than a father unto me in curtesie & good will." From 1585 until 1590, he was the Regius Professor of Gr****...
- Holinshed's Chronicles: Harrison (1534–1593) thanked him for his "singular curtesie" and help with the description of the rivers and streams of Britain, observing...
- propagandist. Earbury was then living in the Devon house of Thomas West, "more in curtesie then for anie stipend". The bill was delivered for presentation by Herbert...