Dowry
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Formerly applied to mean that which a woman brings to her husband in marriage. This is now called a "portion." This word is sometimes confounded with "dower."
See Co. Litt. 31; Civ. Code La, art. 2317; Dig. 23. 3. 76; Code, 6. 12. 20.
DOY (L. Fr.) Owe; ought. Sauve la foy que jeo doy au roy; saving the faith which I owe to the king. Britt. c.
68.