Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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
inchoate curtesy — A term variously defined as the right of the husband akin to the inchoate right of dower of the wife; the right of the husband in a jurisdiction in which the husband s right of curtesy is by statute the same as the right of dower, such right… … Ballentine'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
inchoate dower — See inchoate right of dower … Ballentine's law dictionary
inchoate dower — A wife s interest in the lands of her husband during his life, which may become a right of dower upon his death. A contingent claim or possibility of acquiring dower by outliving husband and arises, not out of contract, but as an institution of… … Black's law dictionary
inchoate dower — A wife s interest in the lands of her husband during his life, which may become a right of dower upon his death. A contingent claim or possibility of acquiring dower by outliving husband and arises, not out of contract, but as an institution of… … Black's law dictionary
release of dower — The extinguishment of a wife s inchoate right of dower by due execution of a formal release as part of the spouse s deed of conveyance or encumbrance, or through a joint conveyance by husband and wife, duly executed and acknowledged. 25 Am J2d… … Ballentine's law dictionary
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
