DOWRY

dowry (dow-ree).Archaic. The money, goods, or property that a woman brings to her husband

in       marriage.       —       Also       termed       marriage       portion;       maritagium       (mair-<<

schwa>>-tay-jee-<<schwa>>m);  maritage  (mair-i-tij).  [Cases:  Dower  and  Curtesy    10.  C.J.S.

Dower §§ 10, 12–17, 140.] [Blacks Law 8th]