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Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower..

Paraphernalia :: Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree..

Jointure :: "Jointure (n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower..

Admeasure :: Admeasure (v. t.) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture..

Dowerless :: Dowerless (a.) Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.

Dow :: Dow (v. t.) To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Overshadower :: Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything..

Concubinage :: 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..

Endower :: Endower (n.) One who endows.

Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

Dower :: Dower (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

Admeasure :: 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..

Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution..

Endower :: Endower (v. t.) To endow.

Dower :: 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..

Dowress :: Dowress (n.) A woman entitled to dower.

Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower..

Attach :: Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach..

Dower :: Dower (n.) The property with which a woman is endowe.

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