cur·te·sy (kûrtĭ-sē)
n. pl. cur·te·sies
The life tenure that by common law is held by a man over the property of his deceased wife if children with rights of inheritance were born during the marriage.

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curtesy
[Middle English courtesie. See courtesy.]

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