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Dower

Dower [fr. dos, dotis, Lat., a marriage gift; dotare dower, Fr.,

Mahr (dower)

nature of mahr in Abdul Kadir Salima. According to him: Dower (mahr), under the Muhammadan law, is the sum of money

Assignment of dower

Assignment of dower, the ascertaining and setting out by metes and bounds of

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Ad ostium ecclesi', Dower

Ad ostium ecclesi', Dower. Where a tenant in fee-simple of full age, openly 'at

Dower unde nihil habet, writ of

Dower unde nihil habet, writ of, the remedy for a widow

Dower, writ of right of

Dower, writ of right of, the remedy for a widow who

dower

dower [Anglo-French, from Old French douaire, modification of Medieval Latin dotarium,

De la plus belle, Dower

De la plus belle, Dower, where a wife was endowed with the fairest part of

Ostium ecclesi', Dower ad

Ostium ecclesi', Dower ad. See AD OSTIUM ECCLESI'.

Magna Carta

marriage, and her inheritance, and shall give nothing for her dower, her marriage, or her inheritance, which her husband and she

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