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:
“He that would the daughter win
Must with the mother first begin.”
—17th-century English proverb, collected in J. Ray, English Proverbs (1670)
“Makin’ a long stay short is a great aid t’ popularity.”
—Kin Hubbard (F. [Frank] Mckinney Hubbard)