Dote
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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 Partidas, 4. 11.
1. "Dos," says Cajas, "est pecunia marito, nuptiarum causa, data vel promissa." The dower of the wife is inalienable, except in certain specified cases, for which see Escriche, Die. Raz.