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Dower, whether prompt or deferred, is a debt due by the husband to the wife, but in the case of deferred dower is debitum ... considered. 6. Now the wife's right to dower, whether prompt or deferred, accrues as soon as her marriage is validly contracted

wife a sum of Rs. 32,000 as dower, one half prompt and the other half deferred. The deed also arranged for an allowance ... dower. The dower in this case, the wife having died, may be taken as a whole. There is no distinction between prompt and deferred