Skip to content

Dowered - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

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

Dowered

Matched in: Term Dowered

Keep your definitions linked to case research

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

  • ‹ Prev
  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial