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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The act by which the share of a widow in her deceased husband's real estate is ascertained and set apart to her. (Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 109)  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - assignment%20of%20dower

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Upon her husband's death, apart from her quarantine, a widow was not entitled to possession of any of his real property until her dower had been assigned to her by the person entitled to the freehold.... The Ontario Act provided that the dowress and the tenant of the freehold could, by an instrument executed by them under seal in the presence of two witnesses, agree upon the assignment of dower, or upon a yearly or gross sum to be paid to her in lieu of dower.... (Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 195)  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - assignment%20of%20dower

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

assignation de douaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, fiche 1, Français, - assignation%20de%20douaire

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol