Scots law, a gift sometimes made by a purchaser to a vendor's wife on her renouncing her life-rent in her husband's estate.' name='description'> lady's-gown - definition and meaning

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Scots law, a gift sometimes made by a purchaser to a vendor's wife on her renouncing her life-rent in her husband's estate.

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