... Valentinus Krappen, Berlinen. Marchicus, pro conferendo docturae cingulo, & consequendis in u.i. insignibus supremis ... LX. conclusion. ex intricatiss. dotium materia depromptas

to the husband, which gift the Greeks call ἀντιφέρνην antiphernē, which is also accustomed to be made while the marriage persists for the security of the dowry, to induce equality between the spouses.

XLVII.
Moreover, if property is given beyond the dowry, which are called παράφερνα parapherna, or paraphernal goods: let us see if they immediately become the husband's: and I think that if they are given so that they become his, they do become the husband's; otherwise, they are the woman's own private property.

XLVIII.
And since we have discussed the constitution of the dowry sufficiently, I think, it follows that we explain how dowries are to be reclaimed.

XLIX.
It must be known, therefore, that the dowry is for the most part demanded when the marriage is dissolved: and a surety accepted on that account cannot be summoned.

L.
Justinian Justinian I, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire and compiler of the Corpus Juris Civilis. also commands, looking out for women, that the dowry which was contained in landed property should be restored immediately, just as it was of old: but that which consisted in movable things, or semi-moving, or incorporeal things, is to be restored completely within a year, not by annual, biennial, or triennial payments.