De La Plus Belle, Dower
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
De la plus belle, Dower, where a wife was endowed with the fairest part of her husband's estate. Being a consequence of the tenure by knight's service, it was virtually abolished by the statute 12 Car. 2, c. 24, which converted those tenures into socage
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