apron-string tenure

obsolete A property or estate owned by a woman but controlled by her husband during her life and then by her family after her death. He has a vast property; it is but an apron-string tenure, though, and he shall be dispossessed of it when she passes.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arlotto	-	Medieval Italian
Mohandas	-	Indian, Hindi
Kirby	['kɜ:bi]
Garret	GER-it, GAR-it	English
Channah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Faizel	-	Arabic