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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 su

A dowry; dower.

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 p

Dower ought not to be demanded of dower. Co. Litt. 31; 4 Coke, 122 b. A widow is not dow-able of lands assigned to another woman in dower. 1 Hill. Real Prop. 135.

Reasonable dower.

Reasonable or legitimate dower is for every woman a third part of all the lands and tenements which her husband held in his demesne as of fee.

Co.. Litt. 336. 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.

A French word adopted in Louisiana. The fortune, portion, or dowry which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. 6 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 460.

Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from old age. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. It is the slow appro

Relating to the dos or portion of a woman; constituting her portion; comprised in her portion. —Dotal property. In the civil law, in Louisiana, by this term is understood that prop

In canon and feudal law. Dower. Spelman, voc. "Doarium;" Calv. Lex. 2 Bl. Comm. 129. Used as early as A. D. 841.

By the civil law in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Ci

Lat. [from dos, q. v.] To endow; to give a dowry or dower. Bract. fol. 93, 94. Dotata; endowed. Id. ibid.

Lat. In early European law. Dower. Spelman voc. Doarium.

In French law. The act by which the founder of a hospital, or other charity, endows it with property to fulfill its destination.

In Spanish law. The property and effects which a woman brings to her husband for the purpose of aiding him, with the rents and revenues thereof, to support the expenses of the marr

In English Law. A writ which lay in favor of a widow, when it was found by office that the king's tenant was seized of tenements in fee or fee-tail at the time of his death, and th

In English law. A was seised of tenements in fee or fee tall at the time of his death, and that he held of the king in chief. DOTE UNDE NIHIl. HABET. Dower unde nihil habet (q. v.)

A writ of dower for a widow against a tenant of lands whereof he was solely seised in fee simple, or fee-tail, and of which she is dowable.

Co. Litt. 31. The law favors dower; it is the reward of chastity; therefore let it be preserved.

The law favors dower; it is the reward of virtue, therefore it should be spared.

Admeasurement of dower, where the widow holds more than her share, etc.

A dowager.

L fr. In old English law. Endowment

The term “DOTS” or “Directly Observed Treatment Short-course” means the World Health Organization-recommended strategy for treating tuberculosis including— (A) low-cost and effecti

The term “DOTS-Plus” means a comprehensive tuberculosis management strategy that is built upon and works as a supplement to the standard DOTS strategy, and which takes into account

A gift on account of marriage. In Roman law, the bridegroom's gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secare her dos was called "donatio ante nuptias;" but by an ordin

A version of the Bible, of which the Old Testament was published by the English college at Douay, in France, in 1609, and the New Testament by the English college at Rheims in 1582

Twofold; acting in two capacities or having two aspects; multiplied by two. This term has ordinarily the same meaning in law as in popular speech. The principal compound terms into

Adultery committed by two persons each of whom is married to another as distinguished from "single" adultery, where one of the participants is unmarried. Hunter v. U. S., 1 Pin. (W

In Scotch law. Double the ordinary or single value of a marriage. Bell, Diet. See "Duplex Valor Maritagii."

Double the ordinary or single value of a marriage.—Bell Dictionary.

In Scotch law. A bond with a penalty, as distinguished from a single bond. 2 Kames, Eq. 359.

or DOUBLE quarrel. A grievance made known by a clerk or other person, to the archbishop of the province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some cause

In ecclesiastical law. A grievance made known by a clerk or other person, to the archbishop of the province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some ca

One and a half times the actual costs of suit. See 2 N. J. L. 108.

It is enough if the particular variety was criminal in both jurisdictions.

Twice the actual loss suffered.

A gold coin of the United States of the value of twenty dollars.

A gold coin of the United States, of the value of twenty dollars or units. It Is 60 called because It la twice the value of the eagle, and, consequently, weighs five hundred and si

A system of mercantile book-keeping, in which the entries in the day-book, etc., are posted twice into the ledger. First, to a personal account, that is, to the account of the pers

In old English law. A fine sur done grant et render was called a "double fine," because it comprehended the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc. and the fine sur concessit.

Is where divers insurance are made upon the same inter- ■est in the same subject against the same risks in favor of the same assured, in proportions exceeding the value. 1 Phil. In

one who engages therein commits two distinct offenses, one against the United States and one against the state, and may be subjected to prosecution and punishment in the federal co

The alleging, for one single purpose, tv^o or more distinct grounds of defense, vyhen one of them would be as effectual in law as both or all. See "Duplicity."

This is not allowed either in the declaration or subsequent pleadings. Its meaning with respect to the former is that the declaration must not, in support of a single demand, alleg

See Duplicity ; Plea; Pleading.

A possibility based or dependent on another possibility. Used ordinarily in respect to the creation of contingent trusts and remainders. Thus, a bequest to testator's unborn "child

Same as Double complaint.

Required, by St. 11 Geo. II. c. 19, as a penalty of a tenant holding over after notice to quit. Wharton.

Letters-patent Cowell.

As was pointed out by the district court, the exaction of 4 per cent of the gross intrastate earnings is not a property tax, but an excise tax, whose amount is fixed and measured b

The vice of the statute as applied to receipts from interstate sales is that the tax includes in its measure, without apportionment, receipts derived from activities in interstate

It is well settled, that a patent cannot be granted for a new use of the thing, or, as it is commonly stated, a double use. The application of an old machine to some new purpose is

In English law. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over after his landlord's notice to quit. By 4 Geo. II. c. 28, § 1, it is enacted that if any tenant for life or years hold'ov

A voucher which occurs when the person first vouched to warranty comes in and vouches over a third person. See a precedent, 2 Bl. Comm. Appendix V. p. xvii. The necessity for doubl

When a tenant bound to repair suffers a house to be wasted, and then unlawfully fells timber to repair it, he is said to commit double waste. Co. Litt. 53. See "Waste."

A will in which two persons j'oin, each leaving his property and estate to the other, so that the survivor takes the whole. Evans v. Smith, 28 Ga. 98, 73 Am. Dec. 751.

The uncertainty which exists in relation to a fact, a proposition, or other thing; an equipoise of the mind arising from an equality of contrary reasons. Ayliife, Pand. 121. See "R

A doubtful title is one which the court does not consider to be so clear that it will enforce its acceptance by a purchaser, nor so defective as to debe compelled to accept it. 36

Twofold; additional; duplicated. single costs of suit, and the same or some in addition. Double insurance: a second upon the same interest against-the same person, and in excess of

DON, or DONE (Law Fr.) A gift. The thirty-fourth chapter of Britton is entitled "De Douns."

Fr. Wherefore; from whence. Ke Vuim, Britt, c. 110. Whereof, out of which. Id. ibid.

I give that you may give.

doubter, t fr. To doubt; to fear or

I give that you may do.

See Animal.

The life estate which the widow has in her husband's lands on his death; usually one third part of any lands of which he was seised in an estate of inheritance at any time during t

Entitled to dower.

Subject to be charged with dower; hs dowable lands. Entitled or entitling to dower. Thus, a dowable interest in lands is such as entitles the owner to have such lands charged with

A widow endowed; one who has a jointure. In England. A title or addition given to the widows of princes, dukes, earls, and other noblemen, to distinguish them from the wives of the

The widow of the king. As such she enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. It is not treason to conspire her death or violate her chastity, because the suc

The requisites of dower are a valid marriage; seizin of the husband; and his death.

Dower at the church door or porch. An ancient kind of dower in England, where a man, (being tenant in fee-simple, of full age,) openly at the church door, where all marriages were

Dower at the church door or porch. An ancient kind of dower in England, where a man, (being tenant in fee-simple, of full age,) openly at the church dour, where all marriages were

A husband's endowment of his wife at the time of marriage. See 27 Ohio St. 50.

A kind of dower in England, regulated by custom, where the quantity allowed the wife differed from the proportion of the common law; as that the wife should have half the husband's

A third of a husband's lands.

Lu Fr. Dower of the fairest [part.] A species of ancient English dower, incident to the old tenures, where there was a guardian in chivalry, and the wife occupied lands of the heir

L. Fr. Dower of the fairest [part]. A species of ancient English dower, incident to the old tenures, where there was a guardian in chivalry, and the wife occupied lands of the heir

L. Fr. Dower of the fairest [part.] A species of ancient English dower, incident to the old tenures, where there was a guardian in chivalry, and the wife occupied lands of the heir

I fr. Dower. Dowere ne devietz ayoir, qar vostre baroun est en Tie: dower you ought not to have, for your husband is alive.

A marriage portion assigned by the husband to his wife out of his father’s estate. See 27 Ohio St. 50.

according to the principles of the common law, a widow is not dowable in her husband's equity of redemption; and if a man mortgages in fee, before marriage, and dies without redeem

On a joint-tenancy, at common law, dower does not attach... the wife shall not be endowed of lands or tenements, which her husband holdeth jointly with another, at the time of his

A writ of right which lay for a widow to whom no dower had been assigned.

A writ which lay for a widow to obtain an assignment of dower.

Stones dividing lands, etc. Cowell.

In old English law. Endowment; dower.

See Dower ad ostium ecclesiae .

The term “downblending” means processing highly enriched uranium into a uranium product in any form in which the uranium contains less than 20 percent uranium-235.

The term “downpayment” means the amount of purchase price of home required to be paid at or before the time of purchase.

The term “downpayment assistance” means assistance to help a family acquire a principal residence.

The term “downstream producer” means a firm that performs additional, value-added production processes for a firm or subdivision, including a firm that performs final assembly or f

The term “downstream product” means any manufactured article— (A) which is imported into the United States, and (B) into which is incorporated any component part.

The term “Down syndrome” refers to a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division that results in the presence of an extra whole or partial copy of chromosome 21.

A woman entitled to dower. See "Dower."