Dote
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DOTE, Span. law. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account
of marriage.
2. 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 to the husband; the latter
(adventitia) is that property which the wife gives to the husband, 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, Sec. i.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.