jure uxoris

adverb

By right of wife.

“Robert Bruce, whom genealogists name "Robert Bruce IV" (c 1250 - c 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale, was titled Earl of Carrick jure uxoris.”

OriginLatin iūre →
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Meanings

adverbjure uxoris (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelawBy right of wife.

    Robert Bruce, whom genealogists name "Robert Bruce IV" (c 1250 - c 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale, was titled Earl of Carrick jure uxoris.

Origin

  1. Latiniūre“by right”
  2. Englishjure uxoris

From Latin iūre (“by right”) uxōris (“of wife”).

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