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

Dowral :: Dowral (a.) Of or relating to a dower.

Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..

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..

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

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..

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

Dowered :: Dowered (p. a.) Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion..

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..

Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..

Dowager :: 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..

Dowable :: Dowable (v. t.) Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.

Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

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

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

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

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

Dotal :: Dotal (a.) Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it..

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..

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