Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Causae dotis, vitae, libertatis, fisci sunt inter favorabilia in lege
Causes of dower, life, liberty, revenue are among the things favored in law.
DOT
abbr. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
Dos de dote peti non debet
Dower ought not to be sought from dower.
Dot
n. [French fr. Latin dos] Civil law. Dowry; the property that a woman brings to the marriage to help with marriage expenses, ( The income is usu. controlled by the husband, while the principal remains the wife's separate property.
Dotalitium
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Dower. "[S]ome have ascribed the introduction of dower to the Normans, as a branch of their local tenures; though we cannot expect any feodal reason for its invention, since it was not a part of the pure, primitive, simple law of feuds, but was first of all introduced into that system (wherein it was called ... dotalitium) by the emperor Frederick the second; who was contemporary with our king Henry III. It is possible therefore that it might be with us the relic of a Danish custom: since, according to the historians of that country, dower was introduced into Denmark by Swein, the father of our Canute the great, out of gratitude to the Danish ladies, who sold all their jewels to ransom him when taken prisoner by the Vandals." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 129-30 (1766).
Dote
vb. 1. To be silly due to old age. 2. To bestow excessive fondness. dote assignanda (doh-tee as-ig-nan-da). See DE DOTE ASSIGNANDA.
Doti lex favet; praemium pudoris est, ideo parcatur
The law favors dower; it is the reward of chastity; therefore let it be preserved.
Dotissa
n. [Law Latin] A dowager.
Haeres minor uno et viginti annis non respondebit, nisi in casu dotis
An heir under 21 years of age is not answerable, except in the matter of the dower.
Lex favet doti
The law favors dower.
Minor non tenetur respondere durante minors aetati, nisi in causa dotis, propter favorem
A minor is not bound to answer during his minority, except as a matter of favor in a cause of dower.
Non respondebit minor, nisi in causa dotis, et hoc pro favore doti
A minor shall not answer except in a case of dower, and here in favor of dower.
Sponte virum fugiens mulier et adultera facta, doti sua careat, nisi sponsi sponte retracta
A woman leaving her husband of her own accord and committing adultery should lose her dower, unless she is taken back by her husband of his own accord.
admensuratione dotis
See admeasurement of dower under ADMEASUREMENT.
de admensuratione dotis
n. [Law Latin "of the admeasurement of dower"] Hist. A writ available to an heir (or the heir's guardian if the heir is an infant) to reduce the dower of the ancestor's widow who, while the heir was an infant, was assigned more dower than she was entitled to. "If the heir or his guardian do not assign her dower within the term of quarantine, or do assign it unfairly, she has her remedy at law, and the sheriff is appointed to assign it. Or if the heir (being under age) or his guardian assign more than she ought to have, it may be afterwards remedied by writ of admeasurement of dower." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 136 (1766).
de dote assignanda
n. [Law Latin "for assigning dower"] Hist. A writ ordering a royal escheater to provide dower to a widow of a tenant holding an estate directly from the Crown.
de dote unde nil habet
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 dow "DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET. This is a writ of right in its nature .... It must be brought by the widow as demandant, against the tenant of the freehold, that is, the heir or his ahenee, and its effect is to enable the former to recover from the latter the seisin of a third part of the tenements in demand, to be set forth to her in severalty by metes and bounds, together with damages and costs." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 433 (2d ed. 1867).
dotage
1. Senility; feebleness of a person's mind in old age. 2. Foolish affection; excessive fondness.
dotal
adj. Of or relating to dowry. See DOWRY.
dotal property
Civil law. Separate property that the wife brings to the marriage to assist the husband with the marriage expenses.
dotation
n. 1. The act of giving a dowry. 2. An endowment, esp. of funds for a charitable institution such as a hospital.
dote unde nil habet
See DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET.
dotis administratio
See DE ADMENSURATIONE DOTIS.
exceptio dotis cautae non numeratae
A defense to an action for the restitution of dowry, asserting that, although promised, dowry was never paid.
extradotal property
Civil law. Property that forms no part of a woman's dowry. - Also termed paraphernal property.
pro dote
[Latin] Civil law. As a dowry; by title of dowry. ( This is a ground of usucaption. See USUCAPIO.
regime dotal
Hist. civil law. The right and power of a husband to administer his wife's dotal property, the property being returned to the wife when the marriage is dissolved by death or divorce. See DOTAL PROPERTY.