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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

De dote unde nihil habet

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
A writ whereby a tenant was compelled to assign to a widow her dower.
De Dote Unde Nihil Habet

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
A writ of dower which lay for a widow where no part of her dower had been assigned to her. It is now much disused; but a form closely resembling it is still sometimes used in the United States. 4 Kent, Comm. 63; Stearns, Real Act. 302; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 230