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dotal, a.|dəʊtəl|
[ad. L. dōtāl-is, f. dōt-em dowry, marriage portion, endowment; perh. immed. a. F. dotal (16th c.).]
Pertaining to a dower, dowry, or marriage portion of a woman.
1513Douglas æneis xi. vii. 182 Gif..this hald ryall Suld by thy drowry, and rich gift dotall. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xiv. (1626) 296 Nor contend..for Latinus crowne, Nor dotall Kingdome. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. viii. 156 note, There were witnesses, and dotal writings. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. xi. 320 The well-ascertained rules supplied by the written law for dotal settlements. |