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I.
Since all law, which we use, was brought forth for the sake of humans; and since these persons are born, or ought to be born, from their legitimate cohabitation; the discussion of Marriage, in the treatment of matters pertaining to the law, deserves to claim the first place for itself.
II.
They are nothing other than the legitimate conjunction of a male and a female, containing an undivided habit of life.
III.
They are contracted by a consent that is mutually obligatory: and not only of those who lead and marry, but also of those under whose power they are; although the Canones Church laws/canons do not seem to recognize this entirely.
IV.
Whence it appears that the question commonly asked, whether the authority of guardians is necessary for this matter today, is asked in vain: for it cannot intervene.
V.
To marriages is added a dowry, which serves to support the burdens of matrimony to be borne by the husband.
VI.
If this is promised but not paid, it is asked whether the wife can be expelled by the husband. And although it has been commonly decided that she can be, yet there are not light reasons showing the contrary to be truer.
VII.
The woman demands the dowry back upon the dissolution of marriage, sometimes she loses it, and if she wishes to demand it back, she is not to be heard.
VIII.
In the repetition reclamation/return of the dowry, the statutes or customs of the place where the husband has his domicile, even if the marriage was contracted elsewhere, are to be observed; this is true and traditional.