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before; and the third is a case, not of prompt but deferred dower. These may well be intended as familiar types of case under Article

basis of a deed of dower which was silent on the point whether the dower was prompt or deferred. It was alleged on behalf ... have been expressed whether the payment of the dower is to be prompt or deferred, it must be held that the whole

lower Appellate Court that in the absence of an express contract the dower in this case was exigible on demand, was a right decis ... other Presidencies where the proportion in which such dower is to be considered prompt or deferred is left uncertain. We take it that the dower

husband divorces his wife before consummation she receives half her specified dower. The authority of this statement cannot be questioned. In fact it is unreservedly ... contended that inasmuch as the mahar in this case was prompt and not deferred, she was entitled to the full amount as soon