- tenant in dower
- A widow who holds land by virtue of her dower. See dower.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
tenant in dower
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tenant — In the broadest sense, one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right or title, whether in fee, for life, for years, at will, or otherwise. In a more restricted sense, one who holds lands of another; one who has the temporary… … Black's law dictionary
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 ad ostium ecclesiae — Dower at the door of the church,–a form of dower given openly at the time of a marriage ceremony, at the very door of the church wherein the marriage was celebrated by a tenant in fee simple of full age, who after affiance made and troth plighted … Ballentine's law dictionary
Dower — Relationships Types … Wikipedia
dower ad ostium ecclesiae — /dawar id ostiyam akliyziyiy/ 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 formerly celebrated, after affiance… … Black's law dictionary
dower ad ostium ecclesiae — /dawar id ostiyam akliyziyiy/ 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 formerly celebrated, after affiance… … Black's law dictionary
writ of dower — This is either a writ of dower unde nihil habet, which lies for a widow, commanding the tenant to assign her dower, no part of which has yet been set off to her; or a writ of right of dower, whereby she seeks to recover the remainder of the dower … Black's law dictionary
ne unques seise que dower — /niyarjkwiyz siyziy ka dawar/ L. Fr. (Never seised of a dowable estate.) In pleading, the general issue in the action of dower unde nil habet, by which the tenant denies that the demandant s husband was ever seised of an estate of which dower… … Black's law dictionary
ne unques seise que dower — /niyarjkwiyz siyziy ka dawar/ L. Fr. (Never seised of a dowable estate.) In pleading, the general issue in the action of dower unde nil habet, by which the tenant denies that the demandant s husband was ever seised of an estate of which dower… … Black's law dictionary
dowress — /daw(a)ras/ A woman entitled to dower; a tenant in dower … Black's law dictionary
