Sentence examples for a dower from inspiring English sources

Inside the doors, quite possibly, were grandfather's widow and father's widow, each with a "dower," or legal arrangement granting her, until her death, one-third of the estate's income — an income now halved, or worse.

Inside the doors, quite possibly, were grandfather's widow and father's widow, each with a "dower," or legal arrangement granting her, until her death, one-third of the estate's income an income now halved, or worse.

Oddly, this does not harm the tale of Little Lord Fauntleroy, a child with an American mother called "Dearest" whose generosity and goodwill towards all the world convert his wicked, cynical grandfather, who keeps his mother at a distance in a dower house.

Over the years, it has served as a dower house and as a residence for the agent who managed the Killakee Estate.

It was built as a dower house for his mother, and has the appearance of a small castle, with three circular battlemented towers.

In addition, a dower of £30,000 was settled upon, and the Queen gave the couple £100,000, which yielded an income of about £4000 a year.

In the sphere of law, Shīʿism differs from Sunni law mainly in allowing a temporary marriage, called mutʿah, which can be legally contracted for a fixed period of time on the stipulation of a fixed dower.

Born to well-connected parents who never had much money, Diana aged six, her twin Christine, her 18-month older sister Josephine and 12-year-old brother Denis moved to a former dower house the Oxfordshire village of Peppard near Henley-on-Thames in 1931.

In return for the advantageous alliance with the English heir to the throne, and a sizeable dower for the bride, William offered 132 transport vessels and 8 warships to assist in the invasion of England.

This comprehensive portrait of modern Japan by Mr. Dower, a professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also won a National Book Award.

While the Chinese angrily take to the streets, the Japanese stay at home and watch it on TV.For a solution, Mr Dower looks to the 20th-century views of E.H. Norman, a Japan expert and Marxist historian.