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Marriage payments (bride wealth and dowry)

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Marriage payments (bride wealth and dowry)

Part of Marriage

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Definition and universality Laws of marriage (endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, incest taboo) Type of marriage (monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, group marriage). Functions of marriage Marriage regulations (preferential, prescriptive and proscriptive) Marriage payments (bride wealth and dowry)

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Marriage Payments

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Establishes legal fatherhood of a woman’s children.

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