dower
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 292 U.S. 216 - Loughran v. Loughran · 1934Most cited · 394 citing opinions
The requisites of dower are a valid marriage; seizin of the husband; and his death.
How often courts cite the cases defining “dower”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “dower” — 417 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1813–1934
- ORIGINAL
The widow is entitled to dower in all lands of which the husband was seized of the freehold of inheritance during the coverture.
extent of widow's right