= dower, n.2 1. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property > widow's share of property (17) dowryc1330 = dower, n.2 1. Obsolete. free benchc1436 The entitlement, in certain circumstances, of a married woman to the retention and use during her lifetime of land or property after the death of… dower1439 The portion of a deceased husband's estate which the law allows to his widow for her life. tenant in dower, the widow who thus holds land. †lady of… jointure1451 spec. A sole estate limited to the wife, being ‘a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife of lands and tenements, to take effect upon the… terce1473 spec. in Scots Law, A life-rent competent by law to a widow (unless she has accepted some other special provision) of the third of the heritable… mordell1552 Perhaps: the share of her husband's property to which a widow is entitled, as representing her morning gift. terce land1552 the land of which the rent is assigned to a widow's terce (usually in plural). widow right1569 the legal right of a widow during her lifetime to part of her deceased spouse's estate; a widow's dower. free bank1606 = free bench, n. widowhooda1616 The legal right of a widow during her lifetime to part of her deceased spouse's estate; property inherited in this way; a widow's dower. Obsolete… widow's bench1673 the legal right of a widow during her lifetime to part of her deceased spouse's estate; = free bench, n. widow's chamber1680 the furniture of the bedchamber, to which a widow of a freeman of London is entitled in addition to a portion of her deceased spouse's estate. widow's terce1684 a widow's right to a third of her deceased husband's estate during her lifetime; property inherited in this way; cf. terce, n. 2. dower-land1769 jointure-house1785 a house settled upon a woman as a jointure (sense 4). bench1795 Law. = free bench, n. Now historical. dower-house1862 |
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