Srđan Vladetić, LLD*
THINGS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER’S PROPERTY IN THE POURPOSE OF SECURING THE ASSETS AS A OBJECT OF DOWRY (DOS)
Summary
Since the early periods of roman history, there was custom that father of the bride (or some of his relatives) gives certain property to her husband as a dowry (dos). Dowry could consist of both corporeal and incorporeal things (land, slaves, some limited property rights or writing off the debt). Beside the presentation of development and general characteristics of dowry, this paper analyzes the Roman texts which are giving the hence that there was a possibility that person transferring certain thing to the other, with the purpose of securing the assets (fiducia cum creditore), could use that thing for giving the dowry or the things that were transferred to other person’s ownership could be given as dowry.
Key words: dowry, object of dowry, fiducia cum creditore