Dote
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Spanish Law. The property and effects which a woman brings to her husband for the purpose of aiding him with the rents and revenues thereof to support the expenses of the marriage.
Las Pallidas, 4. 11.
1. "Dos," says Cujas, "est pecan ia marito, nuptiarwm oausa, data vel promissa." The dower of the wife is inalienable, except in certain specified cases, for which see Escriche, Die. Raz. Dote. As an English verb it has been defined to be delirious, silly or insane.
Gates v. Meredith, 7 Ind. 441.