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Uxor

[Latin, Wife.] A woman who is legally married.

The term et uxor (Latin for "and his wife"), frequently abbreviated to et ux., is used in indexing conveyances, particularly in cases where a Husband and Wife are joint grantors or grantees.

uxor

n. Latin for "wife." In deeds and documents the term "et ux." is sometimes used to mean "and wife," stemming from a time when a wife was a mere legal appendage of a man, and not worthy of being named.

UXOR, civil law. A woman lawfully married.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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As with the magistrates' rough notebooks, these more formal records might indicate a relationship between the parties by adding 'her husband' 'his wife' or the shortened Latin 'Ux' (for uxor: wife) to the otherwise formulaic language required of these documents but whether this was done invariably is hard to say.

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He then asserted that Paul had in mind "simply the unmarried women who used to minister to the apostles in the same way as they did when accompanying the Lord." (8) Jerome, assuming virginity to be prerequisite to the saintly life, translated gune in the Latin Vulgate as mulier (woman) rather than uxor (wife).