dower 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊr]
n . 嫁妆,天赋,从亡夫处得来的产业
vt . 给以产业,给以嫁妆
嫁妆,天赋,从亡夫处得来的产业给以产业,给以嫁妆
dower n 1 :
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage [
synonym : {
dowry }, {
dowery }, {
dower }, {
portion }]
2 :
a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband v 1 :
furnish with an endowment ; "
When she got married ,
she got dowered " [
synonym : {
endow }, {
dower }]
Dower \
Dow "
er \,
n . [
F .
douaire ,
LL .
dotarium ,
from L .
dotare to endow ,
portion ,
fr .
dos dower ;
akin to Gr . ?
gift ,
and to L .
dare to give .
See 1st {
Date },
and cf . {
Dot }
dowry ,
{
Dotation }.]
1 .
That with which one is gifted or endowed ;
endowment ;
gift .
[
1913 Webster ]
How great ,
how plentiful ,
how rich a dower ! --
Sir J .
Davies .
[
1913 Webster ]
Man in his primeval dower arrayed . --
Wordsworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The property with which a woman is endowed ;
especially :
(
a )
That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage ;
dowry . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
His wife brought in dower Cilicia '
s crown .
--
Dryden .
(
b ) (
Law )
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 .
--
Blackstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Dower ,
in modern use ,
is and should be distinguished from dowry .
The former is a provision for a widow on her husband '
s death ;
the latter is a bride '
s portion on her marriage . --
Abbott .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Assignment of dower }.
See under {
Assignment }.
[
1913 Webster ]
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dower ":
ability ,
accouter ,
appanage ,
appoint ,
bless with ,
bump ,
caliber ,
capability ,
capacity ,
dot ,
dowry ,
endow ,
endow with ,
endowment ,
endue ,
equip ,
equipment ,
faculty ,
favor with ,
flair ,
forte ,
foundation ,
furnish ,
genius ,
gift ,
grace with ,
instinct ,
invest ,
investment ,
jointure ,
legal jointure ,
long suit ,
makings ,
marriage portion ,
metier ,
natural endowment ,
natural gift ,
outfit ,
parts ,
portion ,
potential ,
power ,
powers ,
qualification ,
settle on ,
settle upon ,
settlement ,
speciality ,
strong flair ,
strong point ,
talent ,
talents ,
the goods ,
the stuff ,
thirds ,
vest ,
vest with ,
what it takes DOWER .
An estate for life ,
which the law gives the widow in the third part of the lands and tenements ,
or hereditaments of which the husband ,
was solely seised ,
at any time during the coverture ,
of an estate in fee or in tail ,
in possession ,
and to which estate in the lands and tenements ,
the issue ,
if any ,
of such widow might ,
by possibility ,
have inherited .
Watk .
Prin .
Con .
38 ;
Litt .
Sec .
36 ;
7 Greenl .
383 .
Vide Estate in Dower .
This is dower at common law .
2 .
Besides this ,
in England there are three other species of dower now subsisting ;
namely ,
dower by custom ,
which is ,
where a widow becomes entitled to a certain portion of her husband '
s lands in consequence of some local or particular custom ,
thus by the custom of gavelkind ,
the widow is entitled to a moiety of all the lands and tenements ,
which her husband held by that tenure .
3 .
Dower ad ostium ecclesiae ,
is ,
when a man comes to the church door to be married ,
after troth plighted ,
endows his wife of a certain portion of his lands .
4 .
Dower ex assensu patris ,
was only a species of dower ad ostium ecclesice ,
made when the husband '
s father was alive ,
and the son ,
with his consent expressly given ,
endowed his wife ,
at the church door ,
of a certain part of his father '
s lands .
5 .
There was another kind ,
de la plus belle ,
to which the abolition of military tenures has put an end .
Vide Cruise '
s Dig .
t .
6 ,
c .
1 ;
2 Bl .
Com .
129 ;
15 Serg . &
Rawle ,
72 Poth .
Du Douaire .
6 .
Dower is barred in various ways ;
1 .
By the adultery of the wife ,
unless it has been condoned .
2 .
By a jointure settled upon the wife .
2 Paige ,
R .
511 .
3 .
By the wife joining her husband in a conveyance of the estate .
4 .
By the husband and wife levying a fine ,
or suffering a common recovery .
10 Co .
49 ,
b Plowd .
504 .
5 .
By a divorce a vinculo matrimonii .
6 .
By an acceptance ,
by the wife ,
of a collateral satisfaction ,
consisting of land ,
money ,
or other chattel interest ,
given instead of it by the husband '
s will ,
and accepted after the husband '
s death .
In these cases she has a right to elect whether to take her dower or the bequest or devise .
4 Monr .
R .
265 ;
5 Monr .
R .
58 ;
4 Desaus .
R .
146 ;
2 M '
Cord ,
Ch .
R .
280 ;
7 Cranch ,
R .
370 ;
5 Call ,
R .
481 ;
1 Edw .
R .
435 3 Russ .
R .
192 ;
2 Dana ,
R .
342 .
7 .
In some of the United States ,
the estate which the wife takes in the lands of her deceased husband ,
varies essentially from the right of dower at common law .
In some of the states ,
she takes one -
third of the profits ,
or in case of there being no children ,
one half .
In others she takes the same right in fee ,
when there are no lineal descendants ;
and in one she takes two -
thirds in fee ,
when there are no lineal ascendants or descendants ,
or brother or sister of the whole or half blood .
1 Hill .
Ab .
57 ,
8 ;
see Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
h .
t .
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