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Douatio propter nuptias

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

Defined under Donatio in Black's Law Dictionary.