单词 | terce |
释义 | tercen. 1. Obsolete, archaic, or variant form of tierce n.1, in various senses. 2. spec. in Scots Law, A life-rent competent by law to a widow (unless she has accepted some other special provision) of the third of the heritable subjects in which her husband dies infeft, provided that the marriage has endured for a year and a day, or has produced a living child. Cf. dower n.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property > widow's share of property dowryc1330 free benchc1436 dower1439 jointure1451 terce1473 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's chamber1680 widow's terce1684 dower-land1769 jointure-house1785 bench1795 dower-house1862 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance dowryc1330 third1396 free benchc1436 dower1439 terce1473 maritagec1503 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 frank bank1598 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's terce1684 1473 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 43 The quhilk our teirs extendis ȝerly till viij markis. 1473 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 43 Tairs. 1476 Acta Auditorum 19 July Hir brefe of terce anent ye land of Lethbert. 1568 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 619 Thair subwassellis, ladiis of terce, conjunct fearis, and lyverentaris. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Breve The brieue of Terce. 1681 Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VIII. 247/2 (title) Act concerning wives Terces. c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 197 Shee, haveing a tearce of the lordship, was well furnished..with all manner of provision. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 286 That Services of Relicts to their Terce pay one Half of special Services. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §118 All rights of courtesy and terce competent to the husband or wife of any such creditor. Compounds terce land n. the land of which the rent is assigned to a widow's terce (usually in plural). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property > widow's share of property dowryc1330 free benchc1436 dower1439 jointure1451 terce1473 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's chamber1680 widow's terce1684 dower-land1769 jointure-house1785 bench1795 dower-house1862 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance dowryc1330 third1396 free benchc1436 dower1439 terce1473 maritagec1503 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 frank bank1598 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's terce1684 1552 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 129 Spirituall menis landis, togidder with all waird landis, terce and conjunct fie landis. 1565 in J. Fraser Polichronicon (S.H.S.) 152 Item upon her terce lands of Lovat five oxen. 1581 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 409 Hir haill fermes of hir terce landis of Westraw. Derivatives ˈtercer n. (also †tiercear) a widow who has terce. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property lady of dower1439 doweress1519 dowager1530 dowrier1551 tercerc1575 jointress1604 jointuressa1693 dowee1865 douairière1869 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance > one who has tercerc1575 c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 336 A Lady tiercear, or conjunct-fear, havand ane tierce or conjunct-fie of ward landis, or blanche landis. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. §44 The widow [is hence styled] the tercer. 1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Tercer, tiercer..a term still commonly used in our courts of law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1473 |
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