Uxor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005126",
  "term": "Uxor",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A wife, as identified in historical legal documents, particularly in the context of property law. The term, Latin for wife, was used in deeds and conveyances to show that a married woman was joining her husband in transferring property, thereby releasing her dower or other marital rights to the land. Its appearance, often as the abbreviation \"et ux.\" for \"et uxor\" (and wife), signifies the wife's consent to the transaction alongside her husband, or \"vir\".",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/uxor/"
}