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A dowry is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or

The dowry system in India refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride's family gives to the groom, his parents, and

Dowry of Mary (or Dowry of the Virgin, Our Lady's Dowry, and similar variations) is a title used in Catholic contexts to refer to England. It dates back

Dowry Kalyanam (transl. Dowry Marriage) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by Visu and produced by S. Suseela. The

Dowry deaths are deaths of married women who are murdered or driven to suicide over disputes about dowry. Dowry deaths are found predominantly in India

The 2003 Nisha Sharma dowry case was an anti-dowry lawsuit that has been cited as an illustrative example highlighting the potential for misuse of the

Bride price, bride-dowry, bride-wealth, bride service or bride token, is money, property, or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the

form of dowry death, bride-burning occurs when a woman is murdered by her husband or his family for her family's refusal to pay additional dowry. The wife

Dowry town (Czech: věnné město) was a town that had been devoted by a Bohemian king to his wife – the queen consort. This was sometimes indicated by the

decision theory. It is also known as the marriage problem, the sultan's dowry problem, the fussy suitor problem, the googol game, and the best choice