Dos

In Roman law. Dowry; a wife's marriage portion; all that property which on marriage is transferred by the wife herself or by another to the husband with a view of diminishing the burden which the marriage will entail upon him. It is of three kinds. Profectitia dos is that which is derived from the property of the wife's father or paternal grandfather. That dos is termed adventitia which is not profectitia in respect to its source, whether it is given by the wife from her own estate or by the wife's mother or a third person. It is termed receptitia dos when accompanied by a stipulation for its reclamation by the constitutor on the termination of the marriage. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, §§ 561, 563.

In old English law. The portion given to the wlfe by the husband at the chutch door, in censideration of the marriage; dower; the wife's portion out of her deceased husband's estate in case he bad not endowed her.

— Dos rationabilis. A reasonable marriage portion. A reasonable part of her husband's estate, to which every widow is entitled, of lands of which her husband may have endowed her on the day of marriage. Co. Litt. 336. Dower, at common law. 2 Bl. Comm. 134.

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In old English law. The property or portion which a freeman gave his wife at the door of the church, in consideration of the nuptials about to take place, and the burden of matrimony; and intended for the support of the wife and education of the children, in case the husband should die; in later law, the one-third part of the husband's lands, which the law, on his death, gave the wife, in case he had not so endowed her; dower in the modern sense. Dos de dote peti non debet: dower ought not to be demanded of dower; a widow is not dowableof lands assigned to another woman in dower. Dos rationabilis: reasonable dower. Doti lex favet; premium pudoris est, ideo parcatur: the law favors dower; it is the reward of modesty, therefore it should be spared, v. De dote, etc.; Vbi nullum, etc.

In the Roman law. A sum of money given to a husband, to enable him to sustain the burdens of marriage; the portion given with a woman to her husband in marriage; corresponding with what was called in the common law maritagium, or marriage portion, and properly translated by the word dowry. Dos adventitia: that kind of portion which was bestowed by a stranger. Dos profectitia: that species of dowry or portion which was given by the father or other male relative.

In Roman law. Dowry; a wife's marriage portion; all that property which on marriage is transferred by the wife herself or by another to the husband with a view of diininishing the burden which the marriage will entail upon him, It is of three kinds. Profectitia dos is that which is derived from the property of the wife’s father or paternal grandfather. That des is termed adventitia which is not profeciitta in respect to its source, Whether it is given by the wife from her own estate or by the wife’s mother or a third person. It is termed receptitia dos when accompanied by a stipulation for its reclamation by the constitutor on the termi.

In old English law. The portion given } fo the wife by the husband at the church door, in consideration of the marriage; dower; the wife’s portion out of her deceased husband’s estate in case he had not endowed fer. Dos de dote peti non debet. Dower ought not to be demanded of dower. Co. Litt. 81; 4 Coke, 1225. A widow is not dowable of lands assigned to another woman in dower. 1 ITil. Real Prop. 135.

I., Dot, /r. 1. A dowry; a ■vroman's marriage portion. 2. Dower. Dos de dote peti non debet: dower ought not to he claimed of dower. Dos rationabilis: reasonable dower. T. Dower. Doti lex favet; premium pudoris est, ideo parcatur: the law favors dower; it is the reward of modesty, therefore it should be spared. Dote assignanda, etc.; t. De.

Lat.

In the Roman law. A sum of money given to a husband to enable him to sustain the burdens of marriage; {peeunia data marito ad iustinenda matrix monii onera!) Heinecc, EL Jur, Civ, lib. 2, tit. 8, § 465. The portion which was given with a woman to her husband in marriage; corresponding with what was called in the common law muritapium, or marriage portion. 1 Beeves' Hist, Eng, Law, 103. Co, Litt, 31a. Bract, fol. 92. Properly translated by the word dowry, Macqueen on Hush, d: Wife, 161, note. Dos pro/ectitia was that species of dowry or portion which proceeded from, ( pro/eeto,) or was given by the father or relative (parente) of the male sex, out of his property or by his act. Calvin Lex. Jur. Dos adventitia was that kind of portion which was bestowed by a stranger, {ah extraneo.) Id, Bracton adopts these terms and distinctions, but defines the dos profee- Htia to be that which was given by the father or mother or other relative, at the time of the contract for marrying the daughter; and the dos adventitia to be that which was bestowed by others than the father or mother, whether it were a relative or stranger. Bract, fol. 92 a, b.