dotal property

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DOTAL PROPERTY. By the civil law, and in Louisiana, by this term is 
understood that property, which the wife brings to the husband to assist him 
in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Civil Code of Lo. 
art. 2315. Vide Extradotal property. 
    

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