Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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DOS

DOUBLE BOND

In old English law. The portion given to the wife by the husband at the church Joor, in consideration of the marriage; dow sr; the wife's portion out of her deceased husband's estate in case he bad not endowed tier. Dos de dote peti non debet. Dower aught not to be demanded of dower. Co. Litt. 81; 4 Coke, 1226. A widow is not dowable of lands assigned to another woman In dower. 1 Hil. Real Prop. 135. DOS RATIONABILIS. A reasonable marriage portion. A reasonable part of her husband's estate, to which every widow is entitled, of lands of which her husband may have endowed her on the day of marriage. Co. Litt. 336. Dower, at common law. 2 Bl. Comm. 134. Dos rationabilis vel legitima est cujus libet mulieris de quocunque tenemento tertia pars omnmrn terrarum et tene mentorum, quse vir suus tenuit in do minio suo ut de feodo, etc. Co. Litt. 336. Reasonable or legitimate dower be longs to every woman of a third part of all the lands and tenements of which her hus band was seised in his demesne, as of fee, etc. DOT. (AFrench word, adopted in Louisi ana.) The fortune, portion, or dowry which a woman brings to her husband by the mar riage. 6 Mart. (N. S.) 460. DOTAGE. Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from old age. It is a diminution or decay of that in tellectual power which was once possessed. It is the slow approach of death; of that irrev ocable cessation, without hurt or disease, of all the functions which once belonged to the living animal. The external functions grad ually cease; the senses waste away by de grees; and the mind is imperceptibly visited by decay. 1 Bland, 389. DOTAL. Relating to the dos or portion of a woman; constituting her portion; com prised in her portion. DOTAL PROPERTY. In the civil law in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property which the wile brings to the hus band to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Extradotal property, otherwise called "paraphernal property," is that which forms no part of the dowry. Civil Code La. art. 2335.

DOTALITIUM. In canon and feudal law. Dower. Spelman, voc. "Doarium;" Calvin. 2 Bl. Comm. 129. Used as early as A. D. 841. DOTATION. The act of giving a dowry or portion; endowment in general, including the endowment of a hospital or other char itable institution. DOTE, n. In Spanish law. The mar riage poition of a wife. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 6, c. 1. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account of mar riage, or for the purpose of supporting the matrimonial expenses. Id. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 1, §1; Schm. Civil Law, 75. DOTE, v. "To besot" is to stupefy, to make dull or senseless, to make to dote: and "to dote" is to be delirious, silly, or insane. These are some of the meanings. 7 Ind. 441. DOTE ASSIGNANDA. A writ which lay for a widow, when it was judicially as certained that a tenant to the king was seised of tenements in fee or fee-tail at the day of his death, and that he held of the king in chief. In such case the widow might come into chancery, and then make oath that she would not marry without the king's leave, and then she might have this writ. These widows were called the "king's wid ows." Jacob; Holthouse. DOTE UNDE NIHIL HABET. A writ which lies for a widow to whom no dower has been assigned. 3 Bl. Comm. 182. By 23 & 24 Viet. c. 126, an ordinary action commenced by writ of summons has taken its place; but it remains in force in the United States. Dower unde nihil habet (which title see.) Doti lex favet; praemium pudoris est; ideo parcatur. Co. Litt. 31. The law favors dower; it is the reward of chastity; therefore let it be preserved. DOTIS ADMINISTRATE. Admeas urement of dower, where the widow holds more than her share, etc. DOTISSA. A dowager. DOUBLE AVAIL OP MARRIAGE. In Scotch law. Double the ordinary or sin gle value of a marriage. Bell. See DU PLEX VALOR MARITAGII. DOUBLE BOND. In Scotch law. A bond with a penalty, as distinguished from a single bond. 2 Kames, Eq. 359.

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