Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from oldage. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. Itis the slow approach of death; of that irrevocable cessation, without hurt or disease, ofall the functions which once belonged to the living animal. The external functionsgradually cease; the senses waste away by degrees; and the mind is imperceptiblyvisited by decay. Owing’s Case, 1 Bland (Md.) 3S9, 17 Am. Dec. 311.
Relating to the dos or portion of a woman ; constituting her portion ; comprised In her portion.
In Scotcu law. Judicial sentence, or judgment. The decision or sentence of acourt orally pronounced by an ollicer called a “dempster” or “deemster.” Iu modernusage, criminal sentences still end with the words “which is pronounced for doom.”
In the civil law, in Louisiana. by this term is understood that properlywhich the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of themarriage establishment. Extradotal property, otherwise called “paraphernal property,” isthat which forms no part of the dowry. Civ. Code La. art. 2335; Fleitas v. Richardson,147 U. S. 550. 13 Sup. Ct. 405, 37 L. Ed. 270.
See DOMESDAY- BOOK.
In canon and feudal law. Dower. Spelman, voc. “Doarium;” Calvin. 2 Bl. Comm. 120. Used as early as A. D. 841.
The place of usual entrance in a house, or into a room in the house. State v. McBeth, 49 Kan. 584, 31 Pac. 145.
The act of giving a dowry or portion ; endowment in general, includingthe endowment of a hospital or other charitable institution.
Literally, sleeping; hence inactive; in abeyance; unknown ; concealed.
n. In Spanish law. The marriage portion of a wife. White, New Recop. b. 1,tit. 6, c. 1. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account of marriage, orfor the purpose of supporting the matrimonial expenses. Id. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 1,