dower Meaning and Definition

Urdu Meanings

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استری دھن

istri dhun

جہیز

jahez

کنیادان

kanyadaan

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English definition for dower

1. n. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

2. n. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

3. v. furnish with an endowment

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Dower is a provision accorded by law, but traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support in the event that she should survive her husband (i.e., become a widow).
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