Dower By The Common Law
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The ordinary kind of dower in English and American law, consisting of one-third of the lands of which the husband was seised in fee at any time during the coverture.
Litt. § 36; 2 Bl. Comm. 182; 2 Steph. Comm. 302; 4 Kent, Comm. 35. a