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Term Definition Dower - a wife’s common law right to inherit from her husband.
Application in Divorce Divorcing spouses have died in the midst of a divorce.

Under estate.

Until a divorce is final, a husband and wife, though intending to end the marriage, have a right to inherit each other’s property. In some states, an executed judgment.

Dower has been eliminated or materially altered in some jurisdictions.