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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"dower"”.
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A Comparison of the Status of Widows in Eighteenth-Century England and Colonial America.
… The common law traditions in England established dower, which was also used in the American colonies. Dower guaranteed widows the right to one-third of the land and property of her husband. Jointure was instituted in England in 1536 and enabled men to bypass dower and settle a yearly sum on a …
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The widow's might: Law and the widow in British fiction, 1689-1792.
… hold real property as could a man. Common law dower granted her a life interest in her husband's estate, but over the course of the eighteenth century, dower was increasingly barred by jointure, a monetary provision negotiated in the marriage settlement. Jointure was contractual in nature, …
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The Griquas of Griqualand East until about 1878
… as I should have liked to do. The Rev. William Dower, a London Missionary Society Minister, who lived among the Griquas in Griqualand East for several years, is the only man who has written anything like a history of these people. His book I have used mainly to get an idea of the character of …
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Computer Modeling of Cardiac Electrical Activity by Polarcardiogram Patterns
… of data acquisition and (b) analyzing Dr. Gordon Dower’s criteria for myocardial infarction using the programs provided in this thesis.</p> <p>The problem inherent in the reading of a polarcardiogram is the identification of the "loop" patterns with the associated heart disease. This can be …
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Gavelkind and the Land Market in Somerden Hundred, Kent, 1550-1700
… inheritance of sons, no escheat for felony, dower of a half, inheritance at 15, and wardship. The role of manor and royal courts in its administration is described, deductions made on the extent of gavelkind and disgavelling Acts. Chapter 3: Social, Economic, and Political Context sets out …
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A Sensitivity Analysis of the Coefficients for the Transformation of the Electrocardiographic Orthogonal Three-lead System (Frank) to the Standard Twelve-lead System
… to the best-experimental coefficient estimates (Dower coefficients) to the alternate coefficient specification measurement in pattern space.</p> <p>The findings demonstrate the diversity in sensitivity among the different disease groups and the independent behavior of the individual waveforms. …
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The neurobehavioral correlates of affect perception as a function of verbal fluency classification
… were instructed to listen for a word (bower, dower, power, or tower) or affective tone (happy, sad, angry, or neutral). The most important findings of this study were the main effects of fluency (higher, middle, and lower), stimulus type (word and affect), and focus or intention (focus left …
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Self-accompaniment and improvisation in solo jazz piano: Practice-led investigations of assimilation, ostinatos and ‘hand splitting’
This practice-led project investigates the crafting of approaches to solo jazz piano performance. Through a study and application of assimilation techniques derived from a range of different music styles, a series of self-accompaniments were devised. In addition, the process of developing …
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Maids, Wives and Widows: Female Architectural Patronage in Eighteenth-Century Britain
… wives’ annuities or ‘pin-money’, widows’ dower or jointure, and provisions made for daughters and younger children. Following this, the thesis is divided into three main sections which each look at the ways in which women, depending upon their marital status, could engage in architecture. …
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A Needs Assessment of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary's Master of Divinity Program As Perceived by the Graduates, Faculty, Students, and Employers of Graduates
<p>Problem. There is a lack of current data by which to evaluate how well the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary's Master of Divinity program prepares its graduates for the actual practice of ministry. The purpose of this study was to: (1) collect data from selected groups regarding how …
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Transformace svodů EKG
… se se způsoby transformace EKG svodů, realizovat Dowerovu transformaci a vyhodnotit její efektivitu. Následně v prostředí MATLAB navrhnout a realizovat vlastní verzi dopředné a zpětné transformace standardních EKG svodů za účelem komprese a ověřit její funkčnost pomocí signálů z databáze CSE.