dowable

 [dou-uh-buhl]  

dow·a·ble

   [dou-uh-buhl]
adjective Law.
1.
subject to the provision of a dower: dowable land.
2.
entitled to dower.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French; see endow, -able
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Dowable is always a great word to know.
So is caveat. Does it mean:
a judicial decision given by a judge or court; the obligation a debt; the certificate embodying such a decision and issued against the obligor
a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing
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dowable (ˈdaʊəbəl)
 
—adj
1.  capable of being endowed
2.  (of a person, esp a widow) entitled to dower

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