dowry , also: dowery

A dowry was given to the husband from the wife.

It is for them that I really want to find the dowry.

And you gave me a dowry so I'd have a choice.

The type I have in mind are just women who need money for a dowry.

"A present to me, so I might give them back to him as part of your dowry."

If I had a sister, my father would have to pay her dowry.

They did not receive all of her dowry until 1427.

A husband had certain property rights in his wife's dowry.

The dowry has been paid and the plans are set.

If a couple died without children, the woman's dowry was returned to her family.

In 1796 he gave the house and estate as a dowry to the couple.

The time period and the dowry have to be defined.

She was given a careful education and a large dowry.

Nor do I have to concern myself with a dowry.

If the man was at fault, he then lost the right to get back his dowry.

But she had no dowry and his family needed what wealth a wife might bring.

"You could have told me the extent of the dowry!"

Who wants a foster- daughter to find a dowry for?

The larger the dowry, the better the chance that a young woman would find a good husband.

There is no evidence of what lands, if any, she brought her husband as dowry.

"Joe, from where did you get the dowry for your daughter?"

At one point she says something about the letter having the secret to the dowry.

If you've many of that quality, I'd think they would cover most dowries.

"I told you he was not the sort to steal the dowry."

Still, it's not everyone that gets to carry her own dowry.