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
Anicetus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Rosalina	ro-sah-LEE-nah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish
Luiza	luw-EE-zah (Polish)	Polish, Portuguese, Romanian
Borghild	-	Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Ludolf	LOO-dawlf (German)	German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Aod	-	Biblical Greek