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Krappen, Valentin · 1589

constitution can be made.
XL.
A dowry can also be constituted by acceptilation formal release of a debt; if it were to occur as if before the marriage, and the marriage does not subsequently follow, it is void according to the opinion of Scaevola A prominent Roman jurist, Quintus Cervidius Scaevola..
XLI.
Likewise by a bare and simple remission of debt, or delegation.
XLII.
By a gift made in contemplation of death, either by the father of the woman or any other person, though not by the woman herself.
XLIII.
And finally by testament, as if a legacy.
XLIV.
And it can be constituted by a tacit understanding.
XLV.
Furthermore, the husband becomes the master of a dowry already constituted and handed over by interpretation of law (since otherwise the property belongs to the woman), so that he receives and profits from the fruits while the marriage persists.
XLVI.
The fruits of a gift made on account of marriage also fall to the husband, which gift the Greeks call ἀντιφέρνην antiphernē, or dowry-counterpart, which is also accustomed to be made while the marriage persists for the security of the dowry, to induce equality between the spouses.