Legal Definition and Related Resources of Dote
Meaning of Dote
In Spanish law. The property and effects which a woman brings to her husband for the purpose of aiding him, with the rents and revenues thereof, to support the expenses of the marriage. Las Partidas, 4. 11. 1. “Dos,” says Cajas, “est pecunia marito, nuptiarum causa, data vel promissa.” The dower of the wife is inalienable, except in certain specified cases, for which see Escriche, Die. Raz.
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Concept of “Dote”
Traditional meaning of dote in the Spanish law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Spanish) Same as DOT (see this last concept in this legal reference),
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Dote”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Dote.
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Meaning of Dote in the Past
Spanish Law: The property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) which the wife gives to the hushand on account of marriage.
Developments
It is divided into adventitia and profectitia; the former is the dote which the father or grandfather or other of the ascendants in the direct paternal line, give of their own property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) to the hushand; the latter (adventitia) is that property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) which the wife gives to the hushand or that which is given to him for her by her mother or her collateral relations or a stranger. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 1, t. 7, c. 1, i. [1]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about dote is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including dote.
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