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Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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.

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

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

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

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