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
Kaydence	KAY-dənts	English (Modern)
Gabby	GAB-ee	English
Jorrit	-	Frisian
Herakleios	-	Ancient Greek
Ihar	EE-khahr	Belarusian
Farid	-	Arabic, Iranian, Urdu, Azerbaijani