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| has gloss | (noun) a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband dower |
| has gloss | eng: :Not to be confused with dowry, or with Dour. Dower or morning gift (Latin doarium, or Latinized Germanic morganaticum; Fr. douaire, German Morgengabe [Morgen, "morning," + Gabe, "gift"]) was a provision accorded by law to a wife for her support in the event that she should survive her husband (i.e., become a widow). It was settled on the bride by agreement at the time of the wedding, or provided by law. ("Settled" here refers to a gift into trust.) |
| lexicalization | eng: dower |
| subclass of | (noun) (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it estate for life, life estate |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Morgengabe ist eine in Bezug auf die Ehe vorgenommene Zuwendung von Geld oder Gütern des Bräutigams an die Braut. Sie ist heute noch in islamischen Rechtsordnungen von Bedeutung. |
| lexicalization | deu: Morgengabe |
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| lexicalization | deu: natürliche Gabe |
| Finnish | |
| has gloss | fin: Huomenlahja on aviomiehen vaimolleen hääyötä seuraavana aamuna antama lahja. Aiemmin huomenlahja saattoi olla vaikkapa lehmä, torppa, astioita tai rahaa. Nykyaikana huomenlahja on usein koru, kello tai vastaava. Myös morsiamet haluavat nykypäivänä usein muistaa tuoretta aviomiestään lahjalla. |
| lexicalization | fin: huomenlahja |
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| lexicalization | fin: lesken osuus |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Le douaire est un terme de droit ancien désignant la portion des biens qu'un aristocrate réserve à son épouse pour le cas où celle-ci lui survivrait. La bénéficiaire est une douairière (reine douairière, duchesse douairière...). |
| lexicalization | fra: douaire |
| Ido | |
| has gloss | ido: Doario esas parto de la havaji donita da la spozulo a sua spozino, quan olu posedeskis se olu divenis vidva, e qua transpasis ad ilua filii. |
| lexicalization | ido: Doario |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: Il morgengabio , (morgengabe, morgengab, morgingab), o dono del mattino era il regalo che il marito longobardo faceva alla propria moglie il giorno immediatamente dopo la prima notte di nozze. Era anche chiamato praetium virginitatis. |
| lexicalization | ita: morgengabio |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 과부산 |
| lexicalization | kor: 재능을 부여하다 |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: De morgengave is een geschenk, gegeven door een man aan zijn vrouw de morgen na de huwelijksnacht, in de context van het Morganatisch huwelijk. |
| lexicalization | nld: morgengave |
| Norwegian | |
| has gloss | nor: Morgengave er en tradisjon som går ut på at brudgommen gir en gave til bruden morgenen etter bryllupet. Det kan for eksempel dreie seg om et smykke. Men det kan også for eksempel være en sum penger som da gjerne er ment med tanke på å forsørge henne dersom ektemannen dør. I noen tilfelle har morgengaven hatt tilknytning til inngåelsen av et morganatisk ekteskap. Morgengaven var da alt hun kunne vente seg av ektemannen, og ikke alle de rettighetene han og hans familie hadde. |
| lexicalization | nor: Morgengave |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: El Morgengabe (regalo de la mañana, término germánico) es la prestación matrimonial que tiene por objeto la parte de los bienes que el marido destina a su esposa para el caso de que muriera antes que ella. |
| lexicalization | spa: Morgengabe |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: : För den svenska orten med samma namn, se Morgongåva, Heby kommun. Morgongåva är en gåva som mannen ger sin hustru på morgonen efter bröllopsnatten. |
| lexicalization | swe: morgongåva |
| Thai | |
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| lexicalization | tha: ทรัพย์สินของสามีที่ตายไปและหญิงหม้ายมีสิทธิได้รับ |
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| lexicalization | tur: dul kadýna kocasýnýn mülkünden düþen pay |
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| similar | e/Dower |
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| media:img | Crocetta1.jpg |
| media:img | Proikosymfono Kastoria 1905.JPG |
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