Dos De Dote Peti Non Debet

Dower ought hot to be sought from dower. 4 Coke, 122; Co. Litt. 31; 4 Dane, Abr. 671; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 209. DOS RATIONABILIS (Lat. 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. 234. DOS RATIONABILIS VEL LEGITIMA est cujuslibet mulieris de quocunque tenemento tertia pars omnium terrarum et tenementorum, quae vir suus tenuit in dominie sue ut de feodo, etc. Reasonable or legitimate dower belongs to every woman of a third part of all the lands and tenements of which her husband was seised in his demesne, as of fee, etc. Co. Litt. 336.