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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Parapherna :: Parapherna (n. pl.) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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