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- Dower - n. - That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
- Dower - n. - The property with which a woman is endowed
- Dower - n. - That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
- Dower - n. - That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.
- Dowered - p. a. - Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
- Dowerless - a. - Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
- Dowery - n. - See Dower.
- Attach - v. i. - To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
- Dowager - n. - A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
- Admeasure - v. t. - Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
- Dowered - p. a. - Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
- Concubinage - n. - A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.
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