DONATIO PROPTER NUPTIAS

Definition of DONATIO PROPTER NUPTIAS in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.

Definition of DONATIO PROPTER NUPTIAS

A gift on account of marriage. In Roman law, the bridegroom's 'gift to the bride in anticipation of marriage and to secure her dos was called "donatio ante nuptias;" but by an ordinance of Justinian such gift might be made after as well as before marriage, and in that case it was called "donatio propter nuptias." Mackeld.Rom.Law, § 572.

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