...thus described by Littleton (/):—" Tenant in Dower " is where a man is seised of certain lands or tenements " in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, " and taketh a wife and dieth, the wife, after the decease (d) Stephen ' s (Blachtone's) Cvmm. vol...

...Settlement before marriage to bar dower, &c. 1. The widow is dowable, i. «., entitled to one-third of all the lands and tenements in fee simple, fee...for an instant at any time during the coverture. 7 Oreenl., 383. 2. And the widow shall be endowed of real estate of which the husband was beneficially...

...36, thus defines dower at common law. " Tenant in dower is, where a man is seised of certain lands or tenements in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, and taketh a wife and dieth, the wife, after the decease of her husband, shall be endowed of the third...

...36, thus defines dower at common law. " Tenant in dower is, where a man is seised of certain lands or tenements in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, and taketh a wife and dieth, the wife, after the decease of her husband, shall be endowed of the third...

...2 Black. Com. 130.) Littleton said : " Tenant in dower is, when a man is seised of certain lands or tenements in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, and takes a wife and dies, the wife, after the death of her husband, shall be endowed of the third...

...author can 1 Littleton defines dower thus: "Tenant in dower is where a man ia seised of certain lands or tenements in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, and taketh a wife and dietb, the wife after the decease of her husband shall be endowed of the third...

...described by Littleton (g) : — " Tenant in Dower " is, where a man is seised of certain lands or tenements in " fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, and " taketh a wife and dieth, the wife, after the decease of her " husband, shall be endowed of the...

...widow is dowable; t. e., entitled to one-third of all the lands and tenements in fee simple, fee-tail, general, or as heir in special tail, of which her deceased husband was seized, either indeed or in law, even for an instant, at any time during the coverture. 7 Greenl. 383. And the widow...

...a man is seised of certain lands or (a) Stat. 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. lo:<. (c) Sect. 36. (A) Scot. 51. tenements in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, and taketh a wife and dieth, the wife, after the decease of her husband, shall be endowed of the third...

...lands and tenements of which her husband dies solely possessed of or entitled to at law or in equity, in fee simple, fee tail general, or as heir in special tail, which, unless her dower has been barred, she holds from and after his decease in severally by metes...