dowern.
1. dowry,property which a woman brings to her hus-band in marriage 嫁妝。
△Lr.1.1.46(44):“Ourdaughters’ several dowers.” 我的女兒們各自的嫁妝。
△1H.VI.5.1.44:“the value of her dower，”她的嫁妝的價值。
△1H.VI.5.5.46: “Beside,his wealth dothwarrant a liberal dower.”此外，他的財富足以保證能出一份豐厚的嫁妝。
2. property which a widow possesses after the deathof her husband寡婦的財產(chǎn)。
△3H.VI.3.2.72:“Whythen,mine honesty shall be my dower. / For by thatloss(i.e. the loss of that) I will not purchase them.”那么，就讓我的貞潔做我的財產(chǎn)吧，因為我不愿以喪失貞潔來換取那些土地。 dower[?dau?]n.亡夫遺產(chǎn)，嫁妝
◇ dower by custom寡婦依習(xí)慣法繼承丈夫的遺產(chǎn)
‖ dowry n.嫁妝，陪嫁物 |