Endowment
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. & Eng. [L. Lat. dotatio.] The assignment or bestowment of dower to, or upon a woman.
2 Bl. Com. 135.
The providing for the officiating ministers of a church, by setting apart a certain portion of lands, &c., for their maintenance, &c.
Id. 21. 1 Bl. Com. 387. 3 Steph. Com. 111.
The provision itself, so made; (dos ecclesiae.) Com. Dig. Dismes, B.