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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A free gift or present to the crown. SPONTE VIRUM FUGIENS MULIER ET adultera facta, doti sua careat, nisi sponte retracta. A woman leaving her husband of her own accord, and committing adultery, loses her dower, unless her husband takes her back of his ovsm accord. Co. Litt. 37.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A gift to the king.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat A free glft or present to the crown.