DOWER

The provision -wil:ich the law makes for a widow out of the lands or tenements of her husband, for her support and the nurture of her children. Co. Litt. 30a; 2 Bl. Comm. 130; 4 Kent, Comm. 35; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 146; Chapin v. Hill, 1 R. I. 452; Hill v. Mitchell, 5 Ark. 610; Smith v. Hines, 10 F'la. 258; Hoy v. Varner, 100 Va. 600, 42 S. E. 690. Dower is an estate for the life of the widow in a certain portion of the following real estate of her husband, to which she has not relinquished her right during the marriage: (1) Of all lands of which the husband was seis!M in fee durini;: the marriage; (2) of all lands to,which another was seised in fee to [s. 401]