Uxor, Ux’

Concept of “Uxor, Ux’”

Traditional meaning of uxor, ux’ in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Wife. Uxor non est sui juris, sed sub potestate viri, cui in vita contradicere non potest: a wife is not capable at law, but under the protection of her husband, whom she cannot contradict during life.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Uxor, Ux’”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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