dower
IPA: dˈaʊr
noun
- (law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
- (law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
- (obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To give a dower or dowry to.
- (transitive) To endow.
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Examples of "dower" in Sentences
- General Smith faid that the widow of the Black Prince had a dower from the Dutchy of Cornwall.
- When Nur al-Din heard such demand he said, What manner of dower is this thou wouldst impose upon my son?
- Women participated in the transmission of wealth mostly through marriage rather than through working, and the dower was their social security.
- 'Mehr' is the amount the man agrees as the woman's dower, which is payable immediately, but if deferred is compulsory payment in his lifetime.
- Fare we forth for the land of Irak and wander over the world, so haply we may win dower and marriage portion, and we may seek and enjoy our cousins’ kisses and embraces when we come back.
- The dower is the price originally agreed upon with the father; and if it has been already paid (which it seldom is), she has no further claim upon the husband, though put away without sufficient ground.
- A married woman may bar her Release of right of dower in land conveyed by her husband or by operation dower° of law by joining in, the deed conveying the land or by releasing the land by a subsequent deed executed either separately or jointly with her husband.
- There were what they called dower rights in the age, and the people who want to sentimentalize this will say, Well, there was no reason for Shakespeare or the lawyer to write anything in because everyone understood that she ` d have these dower rights, as his surviving wife.
- The story that Mohammad immediately on Kinána's execution sent for her and cast his mantle over her, signifying that she was to be his own, and consummated his marriage with her, and that her dower was her freedom (_vide_ Muir, _ibid_, pp. 68-69), is not genuine and authentic.
- If she died, the husband still possessed the right to the rents and profits of all her realty for the rest of his life, while at his death she received only a child's part of his personalty and a life right, called a dower, in only one-third of his realty, and for a long time under North Carolina law she could be deprived of even this, for, if he chose, he could sell his realty without her consent and deprive her of dower.
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