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Lex Favet Doti

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The law favors dower. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 105. LEX FINGIT UBI SUBSISTIT AEQUITas. Law feigns where equity subsists. 11 Coke, 90; Branch, Princ. LEX FORI (Lat. the law of the forum). The law of the country, to the tribunal in which an action is brought. 5 Clark & F. 1.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Jenk. Cent 50. The law favors dower.