Dorture

A dormitory of a convent; a place to sleep in. DOS (Lat.) In Roman Law. That which is received by or promised to the husband from the wife, or any one else by her influence, for sustaining the burdens of matrimony. There are three classes of doa. Dos profectitia is that which is given by the father or any male relative from his property or by his act. Dos adventitia is that which is given by any other person or from the property of the wife herself. Dos receptitia is where there is a stipulation connected with the gift relating to the death of the wife. Vicat; Calv. Lex.; Du Cange; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 147. In English Law, The portion bestowed upon a wife at her marriage by her husband. 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 100; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 147; 1 Cruise, Dig. 152. Dower generally. The portion which a widow has in the estate of her husband after his death. Park, Dower. This use of the word in the English law, though, as Spelman shows, not strictly correct, has still the authority of Tacitus (de Mor. Germ. 18) for its use. And if the general meaning of marriage portion is gfiven to it, it is strictly as applicable to a gift the phrase dos de dote peU non debet, dower should not be sought of dower. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 209.

(Contracted from dormiture.) A dormitory of a convent; a place to sleep in.