A Short History of Women's Rights / From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.

by Eugene A. Hecker

[269]

The osculum was a sort of "donation on account of marriage" made on the day of the formal engagement.

[270]

Codex, i, 3, 54 (56).

[271]

Codex, viii, 57 (58), I and 2. Cf. Codex, viii, 58 (59), 1 and 2.

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