Dos

Lat. In the Roman law. A sum of money given to a husband to enable him to sustain the burdens of marriage; {peeunia data marito ad iustinenda matrix monii onera!) Heinecc, EL Jur, Civ, lib.

2, tit. 8, § 465.

The portion which was given with a woman to her husband in marriage; corresponding with what was called in the common law muritapium, or marriage portion.

1 Beeves' Hist, Eng, Law, 103. Co, Litt, 31a.

Bract, fol.

92.

Properly translated by the word dowry, Macqueen on Hush, d: Wife, 161, note. Dos pro/ectitia was that species of dowry or portion which proceeded from, ( pro/eeto,) or was given by the father or relative (parente) of the male sex, out of his property or by his act. Calvin Lex. Jur. Dos adventitia was that kind of portion which was bestowed by a stranger, {ah extraneo.) Id, Bracton adopts these terms and distinctions, but defines the dos profee- Htia to be that which was given by the father or mother or other relative, at the time of the contract for marrying the daughter; and the dos adventitia to be that which was bestowed by others than the father or mother, whether it were a relative or stranger. Bract, fol.

92 a, b.