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dowryProperty or money given by the bride's family to the groom or his family as part of the marriage agreement; the opposite of bridewealth (property or money given by the groom's to the bride's family). In 1961, dowries were made illegal in India; however, in 1992, the Indian government reported more than 15,000 murders or suicides between 1988 and 1991 that were a direct result of insufficient dowries. |
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| "To the first condition," I answered, "I agree with all my heart, and I will give you an ample dowry. Father Snail could not speak, he was too much affected; and so they gave them as a dowry and inheritance, the whole forest of burdocks, and said--what they had always said--that it was the best in the world; and if they lived honestly and decently, and increased and multiplied, they and their children would once in the course of time come to the manor-house, be boiled black, and laid on silver dishes. His marriage would supply him with the funds needed for repaying the money, and the profits of his business would provide, in course of time, for restoring the dowry of his wife. |
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