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XV.
For an oath, when it can be kept without peril to the soul, must be kept entirely, nor is a path to be opened for perjuries.
XVI.
The provision of that law also ceases when an estate has been given as a dowry according to an evaluation which constitutes a purchase.
XVII.
Or when the alienation has been made out of the evident utility of the wife, or the necessity of the matter.
XVIII.
Whence, if on the challenge of a partner, a dotal estate—when it was held in common—has been divided, or, in accordance with the quality of the estate and with the evaluation restored, has been adjudged in its entirety to another, or has been exchanged for the benefit of the wife, the division, or the adjudication, or the exchange shall not be rendered void on account of the Julian Law.
XIX.
A dotal estate also passes through the alienation of goods in their entirety.
XX.
And these things proceed when the wife is kept harmless regarding the dowry.