apron-string hold

obsolete A property or estate owned by a woman but controlled by her husband during her life and then by her family after her death. He has a vast property; it is but an apron-string hold, though, and he shall be dispossessed of it when she passes.

词组	apron-string hold
释义	apron-string hold apron-string hold obsolete A property or estate owned by a woman but controlled by her husband during her life and then by her family after her death. He has a vast property; it is but an apron-string hold, though, and he shall be dispossessed of it when she passes. See also: hold Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: apron-string tenure mobilia sequuntur personam layout cheat (one) out of (something) cheat out of cheat fact of the matter, the legal duty (the) right of way lease back
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