Historically it was the goods, money or property that a bride brought to her husband at marriage
'inter vivos') ... of 
the "bride price," the money, goods or property given by the groom or his family to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Bride price - Wikipedia [PAR] Bride price, best called bridewealth, also known as bride token, is money, 
property, or other ... 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay 
money ... though drawing on the historical customs of various times and places in 
the ... bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage] with 
a good... [DOC] [TLE] Dowry | Define Dowry at Dictionary.com [PAR] The full document is quoted in a new book by Avi Raz, The Bride and the ...