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  2. Dower - Wikipedia

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    Dower de la plus belle was a hereditary conveyance of tenure by knight service. It was abolished in 1660, by the act which did away with old tenures. [1] Dower ex assensu patris, was the dower given to the bride by the father of the bridegroom. This became obsolete long before it was formally abolished (in the United Kingdom, for example, by ...

  3. Dower house - Wikipedia

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    A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate. The widow, often known as the " dowager ", usually moves into the dower house from the larger family house on the death of her husband if the heir is married, and upon his marriage if he was ...

  4. Elective share - Wikipedia

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    The elective share is the modern version of the English common law concepts of dower and curtesy, both of which reserved certain portions of a decedent's estate which were reserved for the surviving spouse to prevent them from falling into poverty and becoming a burden on the community.

  5. The history of women in real estate - AOL

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    A number of female real estate pros are famed in their field, but perhaps the best-known is Barbara Corcoran, founder of the Corcoran Group and one of the investor judges on the hit TV series ...

  6. 8 of the most expensive real estate developments in American ...

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    With an estimated cost of $20B, NYC's Hudson Yards neighborhood is set to become the most expensive private real estate development in American history.

  7. Category:Dower houses - Wikipedia

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  8. Dudley v Dudley - Wikipedia

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    "[T]he right of a dowress to her dower is not only a legal right, so adjudged at law, but is also a moral right, to be provided for, and to have a maintenance and sustenance out of her husband's estate to live upon; she is therefore in the care of the law, and a favourite of the law; and upon this moral law is the law of England founded, as to the right of dower."

  9. Biggest shakeup in a century set to hit real estate agents ...

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    Realtors across the country are bracing for a seismic shift in the way they do business. Starting August 17, new rules will roll out that overhaul the way Realtors get paid to help people buy and ...