DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET

By SovConn | June 29, 2014

de  dote  unde  nil habet (dee  doh-tee  <<schwa>>n-dee  nil hay-bet), n.[Law  Latin  “of  dower

whereof  she  has  none”]  A  writ  ordering  a  tenant  interfering  with  a  widow’s  right  to  dower  to

provide a reasonable dower. — Also termed writ of dower. [Blacks Law 8th]

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