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2025
jure_uxoris
jure uxoris
English
Adverb
jure
uxoris
(
not comparable
)
(
law
)
"By
right
of his
wife
."
For example,
Robert Bruce
whom genealogists name "Robert Bruce IV" (c 1250 - c 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale, was titled Earl of Carrick
jure uxoris
.
Etymology
From
Latin
iūre
(
“
by right
”
)
uxōris
(
“
of wife
”
)
.
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