Dowry

Dowry

<h1 id="w_overview">Overview</h1>
<p>A <b>dowry</b> (also known as trosseau or tocher) is a custom, strectching back to the Code of Hammurabi,&nbsp;of a woman bringing&nbsp;money, goods, or estate to her husband in marriage. The opposite – property given to the bride by the groom – is called dower or mahr. Normally the bride would be entitled to her dowry in the event of her widowhood, prior to the evolution of her dower rights. The terms "dowry" and "dower" are therefore sometimes confused. <ref><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/dowry.aspx" alt="Encyclopedia Article">Encyclopedia Article</a></ref>
</p><p>The dowry does not describe a bride price, which is in contrast money or goods paid by the prospective groom to the bride’s parents in exchange for her hand in marriage. It should also be distinguished from sowry, which is the money obtained by a wife by filing false dowry case against the husband and his relatives. <ref><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry" alt="Wikipedia Page">Wikipedia Page</a></ref>
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<h1 id="w_dowry-system-in-india">Dowry system in India</h1>
<p>Eventhough payments of dowries were prohibited in India under The 1961 Dowry Prohibition Act, they still occur today. There is a huge industry around Indian weddings where electronic products such as refrigerators, television sets&nbsp;and washing machines or jewelery, shoes and accessories are given to the bride in order to get her settled in her new home.<ref><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry_system_in_India" alt="Wikipedia Page">Wikipedia Page</a> </ref>
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