- Marital gift - Marriage money - Money for marriage - A gift; endowment. - The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her
husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under
Dower. - A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
- The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on
the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or
other presents, upon the woman.
- Early colony - Frontier hamlet - Full payment - Lawsuit resolution - The act of setting, or the state of being settled. - Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.;
ordination or installation as pastor. - The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of
planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the
settlement of a new country.