dowable

[ dou-uh-buhl ]

adjectiveLaw.
  1. subject to the provision of a dower: dowable land.

  2. entitled to dower.

Origin of dowable

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Anglo-French; see endow, -able

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British Dictionary definitions for dowable

dowable

/ (ˈdaʊəbəl) /


adjectivelaw
  1. capable of being endowed

  2. (of a person, esp a widow) entitled to dower

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