Dote
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
n. In Spanish law. The marriage portion of a wife. White, New Recop. b.
1, tit 6, c. 1.
The property which the wife gives to the husband on account of marriage or for the purpose of supporting the matrimonial expenses. Id. b.
1, tit 7, c.
1, § 1; Schm. Civil Law, 75; Cutter v. Wadding-ham, 22 Mo. 254; Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 566. v. "To besot" is to stupefy, to make dull or senseless, to make to dote; and "to dote" is to be delirious, silly or insane.
Gates v. Meredith, 7 Ind. 441.