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Krappen, Valentin · 1589

XXIX.
Likewise, a brother is held to provide a dowry for his sister, when joined by both parents, only if urgent poverty demands it.
XXX.
Nor is it denied that a dowry can be rightly constituted by guardians or curators according to the measure of the means and the dignity of her birth.
XXXI.
A stranger, however, who has given money to a woman as a dowry, and has not expressly stipulated it for himself (a type of dowry specifically called Receptitia reclaimed/recovered), is considered to have intended to give this—whatever he provided to the woman, especially a destitute one—as a gift, rather than to reserve for himself any right in that matter.
XXXII.
This is to be understood, however, with a tacit condition which is regularly inherent in this cause, namely, if the marriage should follow.
XXXIII.
Finally, the woman herself, especially if of legal age, is prohibited by no law from expressly giving all her goods to her husband as a dowry.
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