Dowment
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. Endowment; dower.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Endowment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. Endowment; dower. Grogan v. Garrison, 27 Ohio St. 61.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Io old English law. Endowment; dower.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Fr. Endowment. A word used by Littleton in nearly the sense of dower. Dower que est appelle dowment ad ostium ecclesice, et dower appelle dowment, <fec.; dower which is called dowment at the church door, and dower called dowment, &c. Litt. sect. 88. 51