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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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