A hope chest, full of hope.

The dower

The dowry, huh?

The dowry, huh?

Your trousseau.

It will be my dowry.

As yet, nothing has been said about the dowry.

The dowry, my dear Judge.

No!

Oh, about that dowry, Count.

Concetta has her dowry, of course.

The dower is regulated by nearly all of the personal status laws for the Christian communities, although, in practice, the dower is non existent.

The personal status laws for the Christian communities regulate the question of the dower, although, in practice, the dower is non existent.

My daughter shall come to you with 500 Turkish pounds.

The dowry law was a case in point.

You're picking out a whole trousseau.

Premature Marriages

Article 61 concerns women apos s right to a dowry.

A hope chest filled with the things I should have put in it and didn't.

We must prepare your trousseau, and furnish the house.

Seeing her trousseau, I recalled distant events.

These include the right to mahr, the bridal price roughly comparable to a dowry.

The school was part of my dowry, so I'll take it back.

If the wife is mainly responsible for the maltreatment or if the couple share that responsibility, the decision will be that they should separate and that the dower should be paid in full or in an amount commensurate with the period of maltreatment.

If the wife is wholly or mainly responsible for the maltreatment or if the couple shares that responsibility, the two arbiters shall decide that they should separate, with the dower to be paid in full or in an amount commensurate with the period of maltreatment.

Marie's having trouble with her trousseau.

Oh, it's you!

(e) If the wife is convicted of adultery, the husband may divorce her and recover any dower which he paid, together with such trousseau as may remain, and if the husband is convicted of adultery, the wife may seek a separation and take her deferred dower in full

These archaic sections corresponded to behavior originating in the colonial period, when virginity and the payment of dowries were valued as currency.

If the mukhala ah involves assets other than the dower, the obligation must be discharged and the divorcing couple shall be released from any claim relating to the dower and spousal maintenance.

The Committee also notes the persistence of harmful practices such as dowry and early marriage.

Trousseau, reception and everything, and I'll give the bride away.

When the dowry is not paid, the husband's family will often resort to physical violence, which in the worst cases can lead to death, sometimes in the form of immolation by burning.

It should also be mentioned that the younger the bride is the lower the dowry is, which encourages families to marry off their daughters early.

Ms. Dairiam said that the Government's response asserting that the dowry symbolized a woman's transfer from her family home to her marital domicile demonstrated a very stereotypical view of women.

Some of these practices are female genital mutilation, forced marriage, early marriage and dowry, teenage pregnancy and domestic violence.

The law has not and does not specify any other conditions or requirements for entry into marriage, specifically with regard to paying a dowry or price for the bride.

Special laws had also been passed to address crimes committed against women and children such as dowry related violence, rape, kidnapping and trafficking.

The problem of dowries in certain parts of the world, crimes of honour and the consequences of son preference were also mentioned.

Although the Government had fought against that practice, it persisted to a large extent because not a single family, including its women, regarded the dowry as a negative tradition.

Horace, why the fancy dress?

In the event of divorce, she also has the right to seek his detention if he fails to provide maintenance or the dower or prevents her from seeing her children.

The Committee further pointed out that the existing legislative measures to outlaw child marriages, dowry and dowry related violence and sati (self immolation of widows) were not sufficient and expressed its concern at practices, including son preference, sex selective abortion, female infanticide, devadasi (where young girls are pledged for life to temples at an early age by parents in return for heavenly favours) and rape in marriage.

It was a phenomenon where young brides were committing suicide in rural Gujarat, because they were being forced to bring more and more money for their in laws' families.

These include early marriage, polygamy, illiteracy, high dower prices, inheritance customs, women's unpaid labour and so on.