apron-string tenure



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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Paisley-English (Modern)
Karam-Arabic
Jordi-Catalan
Benignus-Late Roman
Caelestinus-Late Roman
Bernardinober-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese