DOWR

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DOWRY. Formerly applied to mean that which a woman brings to her husband in 
  marriage; this is now called a portion. This word is sometimes confounded 
  with dower. Vide Co. Litt. 31; Civ. Code of Lo. art. 2317; Dig. 23, 3, 76; 
  Code, 5, 12, 20.