De dotibus positiones L

XXIIII.
But it has been most frequently established that dowries are not to be constituted by an indebted father in fraud of his creditors.

XXV.
Furthermore, we believe that an adopted daughter is to be endowed equally to a natural and legitimate one.

XXVI.
And we profess that the same law is observed in an emancipated daughter.

XXVII.
For a baseborn daughter, it is entirely different.

XXVIII.
Likewise, for incestuous daughters, it is an indubitable law that not only can dowries be denied, but also sustenance, the cause of which has the greatest affinity with a dowry.

XXIX.
As often as a father is bound by the necessity of law to provide a dowry for his daughter, a grandfather is bound to provide one for his granddaughter on account of his son (especially if the son is not in means). This is to be understood of the paternal grandfather, not the maternal one.

XXX.
Since neither is the mother herself compelled to give an Aduentitia dowry for her daughter, nor does the father have the power to give anything from the goods of his unwilling wife.

XXXI.
With certain cases excepted: such as if the mother were a heretic and the daughter orthodox; likewise if the father is needy and the wife is wealthy.

XXXII.
Conversely, neither is a daughter or a child under paternal power obliged to provide a dowry to the mother, except for a great and probable cause.

XXXIII.