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Specht, Johannes · 1588

VIII.
Thus, we also speak of the dowries of estates and vineyards, as Columella witnesses. And what he says are "loose items" in houses, these are called "implements" in the villa, workshop, and tavern; in vineyards, they are called a "dowry."
IX.
Accordingly, since a dowry also belongs to a wife, it is strictly called the gift of girls who are marrying, with an eye toward matrimony.
X.
It is defined as a certain right, containing the entire right of a woman, granted to a husband to sustain the burdens of marriage, so that the husband may perpetually have the dowry in his ownership; although the dowry belongs to the woman.
XI.
It is defined as a "right" so that it may differ from the dowry of the soul, of the body, and of fortune, which is not a right; it is said to contain the entire "right of a woman" in contrast to an inheritance, which is a right containing the entire right of the deceased.
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