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Dower
Dower [fr. dos, dotis, Lat., a marriage gift; dotare dower, Fr., endow, to furnish with a marriage portion. Dotarium,
dower
dower [Anglo-French, from Old French douaire, modification of Medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dot- dos gift, dowry] : the
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Dower
That with which one is gifted or endowed endowment gift
Mahr (dower)
surrendered her person. Justice Mahmood has described the nature of mahr in Abdul Kadir Salima. According to him: Dower (mahr), under the Muhammadan law, is the sum of money or other property promised by the husband to
Assignment of dower
Assignment of dower, the ascertaining and setting out by metes and bounds of a widow's portion of her deceased husband's realty
Dower unde nihil habet, writ of
Dower unde nihil habet, writ of, the remedy for a widow to whom no dower had been assigned within
Dower, writ of right of
Dower, writ of right of, the remedy for a widow who had been deforced of part of her dower.
Ostium ecclesi', Dower ad
Ostium ecclesi', Dower ad. See AD OSTIUM ECCLESI'.
Ad ostium ecclesi', Dower
Ad ostium ecclesi', Dower. Where a tenant in fee-simple of full age, openly 'at the door of the church' (where all marriages
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