Procedure in case the father-in-law is unable to carry out his promise of dowry
Law E. [Col. III. 23-31.]
A man who has promised a marriage-portion to his daughter, or has written her a deed of gift, and afterward his means have diminished, shall give to his daughter a marriage-portion according to his means that are left. Father-in-law and son-in-law shall not quarrel one with the other.
Dr. Peiser has shown that the marriage-portion was often held back a long time. Suits were brought to recover it from fathers-in-law. There is no corresponding section in the Code.
Marriage-portion of childless wife
Law F. [Col. III. 32-37.]
A man has given a marriage-portion to his daughter and she has neither son nor daughter and fate has carried her off; her marriage-portion returns to her father's house.
Exactly as in the Code, § 163.
The first seven lines of Col. IV. are too fragmentary to give a connected sense, but are still concerned with the marriage-portion.
Rights of inheritance of a childless widow