Douatio propter nuptias
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A gift on account of marriage. In Roman law, the bridegroom's gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secare her dos was called "donatio ante nuptias;" but by an ordinance of Justinian such gift might be made after as well as before marriage, and in that case it was calied "donatio propter nuptias."
Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 572.