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Recto De Dote

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Recto de dote, a writ of right of dower, which lay for a widow who had received part of her dower, and demanded the residue, against the heir of the husband or his guardian. Abolished. See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 126, s. 26, and DOWER.

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