Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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ad ostium ecclesiae
[law latin] at the church door. see dower ad ostium ecclesiae.
dower ad ostium ecclesiae
n. [Law Latin "dower at the church door"] Hist. An endowment of dower made by a man to his wife at the church door or porch, usu. as part of the marriage ceremony. "DOWER AD OSTIUM ECCLESIAE . . . . This appears to have been the original English dower . . . . It was formerly the most usual species of dower, and, though latterly fallen into disuse, was not abolished until the statute of 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 105, s. 13with all my worldly goods I thee endow.'" 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 520 (2d ed. 1867).