Thus, several states have followed the example of England and have abolished dower altogether, while a number of others have redefined dower as an interest that attaches only to whatever real estate is left upon the death of the predeceasing spouse.
You also stated in that piece that we have to take the necessary steps to destroy racist institutional barriers, but the responsibility shouldn't be left upon communities of color.
Whether as a thought to some throwback, renegade era of iconic outlaws like Jesse James and lawmen like Wyatt Earp, or politically as a time of conquest by settlers and land, oil and mineral barons bent on Manifest Destiny, scars were left upon on the landscape, natural environment, and on the lives and destinies of the indigenous tribes in their wake.
Abject disbelief is closer to the feeling I was left with upon experiencing them, not to mention more than a little suspicion that Hilfiger's hands went nowhere near a drawing board here.
Ms. Finkelstein said little was left to comment upon.
Another Chance for Losman Players generally do not lose their jobs to injury in the N.F.L., but that is what happened to J. P. Losman, the Bills' quarterback, who was left on the bench upon his return.
Fail and the memories of years of under-achievement would insist that he was no longer a chance worth taking, and cast what was left of his career upon the winter winds.
For decades, usually just after yet another tongue-tied trip to France, we'd been promising ourselves to improve upon what was left of our high school French.
A skeleton was all that was left when a contractor stumbled upon her remains last week, after nearly three decades hidden from the world.
Today only a greater or lesser part of the sides is left below the rim, depending upon the range required, but originally the oil drum was left intact.
