Et uxor

{{Short description|Latin phrase}} {{Redirect|Uxor|Ancient Roman marriage practices|Roman marriage|the fictional planet|Green Man (character)}} '''''Et uxor''''' is a Latin phrase meaning "and wife", commonly abbreviated "'''et ux.'''" The term is a legal phrase that is used in lieu of naming the wife of a male litigant, for example ''Loving et ux. v. Virginia'',<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html Loving v. Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422085748/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html |date=2009-04-22 }}</ref> or ''V. Mueller Company et al., Appellants, v. Albert Corley et ux., Appellees''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://casetext.com/case/v-mueller-co-v-corley | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322174125/https://casetext.com/case/v-mueller-co-v-corley | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 22, 2024 | title=V. Mueller Co. V. Corley, 570 S.W.2d 140 | Casetext Search + Citator }}</ref>

The term remains in contemporary use in American legal documents, especially as related to property and marriage.<ref>[http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2003/termsofart_collins_mayjun03.msp Legal Affairs]</ref> Many older property deeds list the owners in the form "John Smith ''et ux''", but in the present day most jurisdictions would indicate both the husband and the wife by name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/et_uxor|title=Et Uxor|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>

== See also == * ''Et vir''

== References == {{reflist}} {{Wiktionary|et uxor}} {{Italic title}} Category:Latin legal terminology