A kind of dower in England, regulated by custom, where the quantity allowed the wife differed from theproportion of the common law; as that the wife should have half the […]

The ordinary kind of dower in English and American law, consisting of a life interest in one-third of the lands of whichthe husband was seised in fee at any time […]

L. Fr. Dower of the fairest [part.] A species of ancientEnglish dower, incident to the old tenures , where there was a guardian in chivalry, andthe wife occupied lands of […]

Dower by the father’s assent. A species of dower ad ostium ecelcsiw, madewhen the husband’s father was alive, and the son, by his consent expressly given,endowed his wife with parcel […]

A writ of right which lay for a widow to whom no dower had been assigned.

Stones dividing lands, etc. Cowell.

In old English law . Endowment; dower. Grogan v. Garrison, 27 Ohio St. 61.

A COMPLEX OPTION that creates a standard EUROPEAN OPTION if the price of the UNDERLYING market reference declines through a predefined BARRIER. See also BARRIER OPTION , DOWN AND OUT […]

A COMPLEX OPTION that extinguishes a standard EUROPEAN OPTION if the price of the UNDERLYING market reference declines through a predefined BARRIER. If the barrier is not breached the European […]

A second, third or fourth round of VENTURE CAPITAL financing that is done at lower valuation levels than early rounds, suggesting the company may be worth less than initially predicted.

A woman entitled to dower ; a tenant in dower . 2 P. Wms. 707.

The property which a woman brings to her husband In marriage; now more commonly called a “portion.”By dowry is meant the effects which the wife brings to the husband to […]

L. Fr. Twelve; a person twelve years of age. St. 18 Edw. II.; Barring. Ob. St. 20S.

Twelve peers assembled at the instance of the barons, In the reign of Henry III., to be privy counselors, or rather conservators of the kingdom.

An abbreviation for “doctor;” also, in commercial usage, for “debtor,” Indicatingthe items or particulars in a bill or in an account-book chargeable against the person towhom the bill is rendered […]

A term employed In old pleadings and records, to denote a groat.Townsh. PI. ISO.An Athenian silver coin, of the value of about fifteen cents.

The standard, ensign, or military colors borne in war by the ancientkings of England, having the figure of a dragon painted thereon.

term that relates to a very harsh or severe law.

A code of laws prepared by Draco, the celebrated lawgiver ofAthens. These laws were exceedingly severe, and the term is now sometimes applied toany laws of unusual harshness.

The common term for a bill of exchange ; as being drawn by one person onanother. Hinnemann v. Rosenhack, 39 N. Y. 100; Douglass v. Wilkeson, 0 Wend. (N. Y.) […]

Any one who draws or frames a legal document, e. g., a will, conveyance, pleading, etc.

Legal rights that allow majority shareholders of a company to force MINORITY INTERESTS to sell their shares in the event of a TAKEOVER bid ; this is necessary in situations […]

An Interpreter employed In the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.

A public BOND issued simultaneously in various Asian centers by a nonAsian company, denominated in a local Asian currency or US dollars. The dragon is effectively a regional form of […]

v. To make dry; to draw off water; to rid land of its superfluous moisture byadapting or improving natural watercourses and supplementing them, when necessary,by artificial ditches. People v. Parks, […]