| 单词 | lady of dower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady of dower 1. 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 dower, dowager lady. ΘΚΠ 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 lady of dower1439 doweress1519 dowager1530 dowrier1551 tercerc1575 jointress1604 jointuressa1693 dowee1865 douairière1869 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 dowryc1330 free benchc1436 dower1439 jointure1451 terce1473 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's chamber1680 widow's terce1684 dower-land1769 jointure-house1785 bench1795 dower-house1862 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance dowryc1330 third1396 free benchc1436 dower1439 terce1473 maritagec1503 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 frank bank1598 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's terce1684 1292 Britton i. vi. §5 Et voloms qe les femmes as felouns ne tiegnent nule terre en dowayre de nul tenement qe lour fust assignee par teus barouns.] 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 115 Her part and dowyer of my godes. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. xii The kyng..assigned certayn rentes for the dower of the duchesse & for her children. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxix. 399 He was before the castell of Perides, where as the Lady of Dowaire was. 1528 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 267 To Margarete, my wif, hir hoole dore of all my landes. 1629 Vse of Law 72 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Yet hee was not such a Tenant as to be seized of the Land, so as his Wife could haue Dower. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. vii. 116 The wife of the tenant in tail shall have her dower, or thirds, of the estate-tail. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. vii. 129 Tenant in dower. 1879 ‘H. Stretton’ Through Needle's Eye II. 40 Of course it will be burdened by a dower of £500 a year to our mother. < as lemmas |
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