Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fit to be endowed; entitled to dower.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
endowed . - adjective Entitled to
dower .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Frenchmen diuerse times required to haue some dower assigned foorth for queene Isabell, but that was at all times vtterlie denied, for that the marriage betwixt hir and king Richard was neuer consummate, by reason whereof she was not dowable.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed
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For another, dower was a mere life estate in one-third of the late husband’s dowable property.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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For another, dower was a mere life estate in one-third of the late husband’s dowable property.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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For another, dower was a mere life estate in one-third of the late husband’s dowable property.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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