cur.te.sy

n.（名詞）
【復數】 cur.te.sies 【法律】
The life tenure that by common law is held by a man over the property of his deceased wife if children with rights of inheritance were born during the marriage.
夫對妻的財產繼承權：根據普通法，如果其有繼承權的孩子是在結婚期間所生，夫對其妻的財產享有終身權益

來源：
Middle English curtesie * see courtesy
中古英語 curtesie *參見 courtesy