uxor

uxor
See: et uxor
Category: Divorce & Family Law
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Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


uxor
n. Latin Wife.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


uxor
(Latin: Wife.)
A woman who is legally married.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


uxor
I
[Latin, Wife.] A woman who is legally married.
II Wife.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

uxor
n.
   Latin for "wife." In deeds and documents the term "et ux." is sometimes used to mean "and wife," stemming from a time when a wife was a mere legal appendage of a man and not worthy of being named.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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