Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
dower by common law — The ordinary kind of dower in English and American law, consisting of a life interest in one third of the lands of which the husband was seised in fee at any time during the coverture. 2 Bl. Comm. 132. Abolished by the Administration of Estates… … Black's law dictionary
dower — dow·er / dau̇ ər/ n [Anglo French, from Old French douaire, modification of Medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dot dos gift, dowry]: the life estate in a man s real property to which his wife is entitled upon his death under common law and some… … Law dictionary
common-law actions — Forms of actions as they existed under the common law, being the ex contractu forms of account, assumpsit, covenant, and debt, and the ex delicto forms of dentine, replevin, trover, trespass on the case, ejectment, forcible entry, and trespass.… … Ballentine's law dictionary
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dower — The legal right or interest which the wife acquires by marriage in the real estate of her husband. At common law it consists in the use, during her natural life after the death of her husband, of one third of all the real estate of which her… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Dower — A common law that entitles a widow to a portion of her husband s estate in absence of a will. The provision of dower allows the wife to provide for herself and any children born during the marriage. In most circumstances, the widow is granted up… … Investment dictionary
dower by custom — A kind of dower in England, regulated by custom, where the quantity allowed the wife different from the proportion of the common law; as that the wife should have half the husband s lands; or, in some places, the whole; and, in some, only a… … Black's law dictionary
dower by custom — A kind of dower in England, regulated by custom, where the quantity allowed the wife different from the proportion of the common law; as that the wife should have half the husband s lands; or, in some places, the whole; and, in some, only a… … Black's law dictionary
Common Ground (book) — Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families is a book by J. Anthony Lukas examining race relations in Boston, Massachusetts through the prism of desegregation busing.[1] It received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non … Wikipedia
History of English land law — Material here has been extracted from the 1911 Britannica encyclopedia. The history of English land law derives from a mixture of Roman, Norman and modern legislative sources.OutlineSuch terms as fee or homage carry us back into feudal times.… … Wikipedia
