Not sure if it is the same thing, but I have lots of incidences of dowry property (property given to a female for her absolute eternal use). I can't work out how this property was passed down the generations, but passed down it most certainly was - a land transaction in the mid 1800s refers to the "dowry of Sissely Townley, 1232" and that dowry document still exists. So, it was possible in some way to protect the property of a female.
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