In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXPIRY
death, decease, expiry
(noun) the event of dying or departure from life; “her death came as a terrible shock”; “upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren”
termination, expiration, expiry
(noun) a coming to an end of a contract period; “the expiry of his driver’s license”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
expiry (countable and uncountable, plural expiries)
(British, NZ, AU) End; termination; expiration.
(British, NZ, AU) Death.
(NZ, AU) synonym of expiration date
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pi*ry, n.
Definition: Expiration. He had to leave at the expiry of the term. Lamb. The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. J. Morley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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