Pronunciation:
[dou-ree] •
(noun) Alternate Spelling: dowery
Related Resources:
Wills,
Estates and Probate
Definition:
The money, goods or estate that a wife brought to
her husband at marriage.
Related Terms
• administration
• administrator
• dower
• estate
• executor
• executrix
• intestate
• probate
• testator
• testatrix
• will
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