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Dower
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DowerA wife's common law right to inherit from her husband.
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Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Husband
Maritime law. The name of an agent who is authorized to make the necessary repairs to a ship, and to act in relation to the ship, generally, for the owner. He is usually called ship's hushand.
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Dower unde nihil habet
This is a writ of right in its nature. It lies only against the tenant of the freehold.
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Double renvoi
The application by the forum court to the conflict rules, including the renvoi rules, of a foreign state. Double renvoi, also known as the "foreign court theory", appears to be limited to England; see also renvoi.
Double voucher
A common recovery is sometimes suffered with double voucher, which occurs when the person first vouched to warranty, comes in and vouches over a third person.
Double waste
When a tenant, bound to repair, suffers a house to be wasted, and then unlawfully fells timber to repair it, he is said to commit double waste.
Dove
The name of a well known bird.
Dowager
A widow endowed; one who has a jointure.
Dower
Dower unde nihil habet
This is a writ of right in its nature. It lies only against the tenant of the freehold.
Dowress
A woman entitled to dower.
Dowry
Formerly applied to mean that which a woman brings to her hushand in marriage; this is now called a portion.
Dragoman
An interpreter employed in the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.
Drain
Conveying the water from one place to another, for the purpose of drying the former.
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Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Husband
Maritime law. The name of an agent who is authorized to make the necessary repairs to a ship, and to act in relation to the ship, generally, for the owner. He is usually called ship's hushand.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Dower unde nihil habet
This is a writ of right in its nature. It lies only against the tenant of the freehold.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Double renvoi
The application by the forum court to the conflict rules, including the renvoi rules, of a foreign state. Double renvoi, also known as the "foreign court theory", appears to be limited to England; see also renvoi.
Double voucher
A common recovery is sometimes suffered with double voucher, which occurs when the person first vouched to warranty, comes in and vouches over a third person.
Double waste
When a tenant, bound to repair, suffers a house to be wasted, and then unlawfully fells timber to repair it, he is said to commit double waste.
Dove
The name of a well known bird.
Dowager
A widow endowed; one who has a jointure.
Dower
Dower unde nihil habet
This is a writ of right in its nature. It lies only against the tenant of the freehold.
Dowress
A woman entitled to dower.
Dowry
Formerly applied to mean that which a woman brings to her hushand in marriage; this is now called a portion.
Dragoman
An interpreter employed in the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.
Drain
Conveying the water from one place to another, for the purpose of drying the former.
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