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DOWER EX ASSENSU PATRIS Definition & Legal Meaning

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Dower by the father’s assent. A species of dower ad ostium ecelcsiw, madewhen the husband’s father was alive, and the son, by his consent expressly given,endowed his wife with parcel of his father’s lands. Litt. 8 40; 2 Bl. Comm. 133; Groganv. Garrison. 27 Ohio St. 61.

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