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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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 (v. t.) To endow.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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