Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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dower by custom
Hist. Dower that is determined by custom rather than the general law."Dower by .. . custom; as that the wife shall have half the husband's lands, or in some places the whole, and in some only a quarter." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 132 (1766).