Examples of 'dower' in a sentence

Meaning of "dower"

Dower refers to the property or wealth a wife brings to her husband at the time of their marriage
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  • The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
  • Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
  • That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
  • To give a dower or dowry to.

How to use "dower" in a sentence

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Deferred dower is payable in case of death or divorce.
When a girl is married she receives a dower.
The dower is the property of the bride.
Adelais shelters them in her dower house.
Dower has been abolished by statute in some states.
Beauty carries its dower in its face.
The dower is a requirement of a proper contract.
No trace of the dower house remains.
Dower rainfall is also damaging for rice cultivation.
I must move to the dower house as soon as he marries.
Dower would be the one to write it.
Best western dower house htl.
The dower is a right exclusively for the wife.
No limit shall be placed on the minimum or maximum dower.
In what way dower will be defeated.

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Thy truth then be thy dower.
Dower won by technical knockout.
The wife can voluntary remit the dower.
The county frequently served as dower to dowager countesses.
His widow will be entitled to dower.
No dower therein can be claimed by the widow of any partner.
I just saw you and your dower on monitors.
Dower is connected with the modesty and chastity of a woman.
Bill hides his costume in an oak dower chest.
The dower is nothing but a symbolic expression of this responsibility.
A walled garden is present with a modern dower house.
Dower can be in the form of cash or property and has no limit.
I will settle a dower on her.
Everything that may be validly pledged in law is suitable as a dower.
Constance seized her dower lands and refused to surrender them.
The gift of her dower.
Matilda had a small dower but it did incorporate some lordship rights.
One should not confuse between dowry and dower.
This is the only known instance of dower being settled in this manner.
There is no limit to proper dower.
Dower of peace.
Mary relinquished her dower.
The dower is all property offered by the groom for the purpose of marriage.
Think of it as my dower money.
Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower.
The dower is the property of the woman upon the consummation of the marriage.
They can force you to get married for the dower.
She fought for her dower rights and exerted some influence there.
Such a dowager will receive the income from her dower property.
The wife does not bring a dower to the husband but the husband to the wife.
What in the least will you require in present dower with her.
The right to dower has been abolished in the Bahamas.
Destitute of dower.
It used to be a dower house for Shelswell.
He directs that these bequests are not to bar her from receiving her dower.

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