''Et vir'' is a
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
phrase meaning "and husband".
It is used in legal literature to indicate a couple comprising an identified woman and her otherwise unidentified husband. The U.S. Supreme Court case ''
Troxel et vir v. Granville'' is an example of modern legal usage of the Latin phrase. Additionally, many
property deeds would list the owners in the form "Jane Doe ''et vir''" when appropriate.
See also
* ''
Et uxor''
References
Latin legal terminology
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