Dos
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
I., Dot, /r.
1.
A dowry; a ■vroman's marriage portion.
2.
Dower. Dos de dote peti non debet: dower ought not to he claimed of dower. Dos rationabilis: reasonable dower. T. Dower. Doti lex favet; premium pudoris est, ideo parcatur: the law favors dower; it is the reward of modesty, therefore it should be spared. Dote assignanda, etc.; t.
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