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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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

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

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

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

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..

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

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