dower
91conveyance in fraud of dower — The conveying away of his real estate by a husband to be, before his marriage, without consideration, and without the consent or knowledge of his betrothed, with the purpose and result of unfairly depriving her of dower. 25 Am J2d Dow § 98 …
92election between dower and will — The doctrine that puts the surviving spouse to an election between her right to dower and the benefits provided for her by the will. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1560 …
93establishment of dower — Same as assignment of dower …
94inchoate dower — See inchoate right of dower …
95inchoate right of dower — The right, or expectation of a future right, that a wife has in real estate, of which her husband has become seized, while he is still living, such right becoming consummate as her dower if he dies leaving her surviving and she has not previously …
96Ne unques seisie que dower — He was never seised so that dower could attach …
97release 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… …
98right of dower — See dower …
99segregation of dower — See assignment of dower …
100writ of dower — The common law process in obtaining an assignment of dower under the judgment of the court. 25 Am J2d Dow § 180 …