De Dote Assignanda
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Breve. L. Lat. Writ for assigning dower. A writ which lay for the widow of a tenant in capite, commanding the king's escheator to cause her dower to be assigned to her.
Reg. Orig. 297. F. N. B. 263, C.