Mother Hubbard can have different, probably related, meanings:
- Old Mother Hubbard is a nursery rhyme.
- Mother Hubbard (dress) is a dress from the South Seas.
- A Mother Hubbard was another name for a camelback steam locomotive.
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.
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.
Famous quotes containing the words mother and/or hubbard:
“My mother always used to say, “There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.””
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)
“It’s no disgrace t’ be poor, but it might as well be.”
—Kin Hubbard (F. [Frank] Mckinney Hubbard)