In 1945 US Federal Law abolished Dower. (See also "Curtesy")
Dower is a provision, by the law, to a wife for her support in the occurence that she should survive her husband.
Dower is the provision which the law makes for a widow out of the lands or tenements of the husband for her support. Or a widow's life estate interest in her husband's real property if he died intestate.DC is not considered a Dower state. See related questions.The repeal of dower was part of the Omnibus Trusts and Estates Amendment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-292)
Margaret McCallum has written: 'Prairie women and the struggle for a dower law, 1905-1920' -- subject(s): Dower, Real property, Legal status, laws, Women
John James Park has written: 'The topography and natural history of Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex' -- subject(s): Genealogy, History 'A treatise on the law of dower' -- subject(s): Dower
Robert Dower was born in 1876.
Robert Dower died in 1964.
John Dower was born in 1900.
John Dower died in 1947.
Only by divorce, signing a Quit Deed to release Dower Rights or by the death of the dower.
Eric Gandar Dower died in 1987.
Kenneth Gandar-Dower was born in 1908.