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
OctÁVia	-	Portuguese
Chinyere	-	Western African, Igbo
Yan (1)	-	Belarusian
Holcomb	['hɔlkəum]
MaxmiliÁN	-	Czech
Earle	[ɜ:l]