Et uxor

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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 female spouse of a male party to litigation, for example Loving et ux. v. Virginia,[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 }} or V. Mueller Company et al., Appellants, v. Albert Corley et ux., Appellees.{{cite web | url=https://casetext.com/case/v-mueller-co-v-corley | title=V. Mueller Co. V. Corley, 570 S.W.2d 140 | Casetext Search + Citator }}

The term remains in contemporary use in American legal documents, especially as related to property and marriage.[http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2003/termsofart_collins_mayjun03.msp Legal Affairs] 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.{{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}}