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
Lalia	-	English (Rare)
Alphonso	[æl'fɔnsəu]
Cornell	kawr-NEL	English
Alecto	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Arber	['a:rbə]
Alban	['ɔ:lbən]