Example Sentences
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The men were already standing in front of the door ready to carry her dotal belongings down into the entrance-hall.
The separate property of the wife is divided into dotal and extradotal.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted
She was suing him for a separation, and property, dotal and paraphernal.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry
Auld fowk 'ill no' get dune or dotal, like what they do i' this world, undootedly; but there'll be young fowk for them to guide an' advise.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
