See Also: metagastric(medicine)

INITIATE (law) and metagastric (medicine)


INITIATE (law)


INITIATE. A right which is incomplete. By the birth of a child, the husband becomes tenant by the curtesy initiate, but his estate is not consummate becomes tenant by the curtesy initiate, but his estate is not consummate until the death of the wife. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1725. until the death of the wife. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1725.

metagastric (medicine)


metagastric
<zoology> Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs.

Origin: Pref. Meta- + gastric.

Source: Websters Dictionary