Morgangiva
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or MORGENGEBA (Law Lat.; Lomb. morgingap; Saxon, morgan gyfe; from morgin, morning, and gab, a gift). In old European law. A gift made to a wife on the morning of the nuptial day; a species of dower, which Spelman compares to the English dower ad ostium ecclesiae. This word occurs in the laws of the Burgundians, Alemanni, Eipuarians, and Lombards, and also in the laws of Canute.
LL.
Canuti, c.
71. Spelman.
M ORG EN (Anglo-Dutch). In old New York law. A measure of land, equal to about two acres. O'Callaghan's New Netherlands, vol.
2, Append. 593.
MORS (Lat.) Death.
MORS DICITUR ULTIMUM SUPPLICIum
Death is denominated the extreme penalty.
8 Inst. 212.