Mother Hubbard
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Mother Hubbard can have different, probably related, meanings:
A Mother Hubbard Clause is a provision in a deed for the conveyance of real property
that attempts to sweep within it other parcels not specifically described.
- Old Mother HubbardOld Mother Hubbard"Old Mother Hubbard" is an English language nursery rhyme, first printed in 1805 and among the most popular publications of the nineteenth century. The exact origin and meaning of the rhyme is disputed...
is a nursery rhyme. - Mother Hubbard (dress)Mother Hubbard (dress)A Mother Hubbard dress is a long, wide, loose-fitting gown with long sleeves and a high neck. Intended to cover as much skin as possible, it was introduced by missionaries in Polynesia to "civilise" those whom they considered half-naked savages of the South Seas islands.Although this Victorian...
is a dress from the South Seas. - A Mother Hubbard was another name for a camelbackCamelback locomotiveA camelback locomotive is a type of steam locomotive with the driving cab placed in the middle, astride the boiler...
steam locomotive.
A Mother Hubbard Clause is a provision in a deed for the conveyance of real property
Real property
In English Common Law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is any subset of land that has been legally defined and the improvements to it made by human efforts: any buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, roads, various property rights, and so forth...
that attempts to sweep within it other parcels not specifically described.
For example: O gives B a mortgage on a tract of land and "all other land I own in Delaware." O owns several other tracts of land in Delaware. Generally, Mother Hubbard clauses are not valid against subsequent purchasers of the undescribed land, and a bona fide purchaser of the other land in Delaware would not take subject to the mortgage.