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1020

Article 1020

Du Douaire

Family Law
Titre XIX: Du Contrat de Mariage (On the Marriage Contract)
Chapitre V: Du Douaire (On Dower)

La femme, après le décès du mari, jouira du douaire, à sa caution juratoire, tant qu'elle demeurera en viduité ; et si elle se remarie, elle perd son douaire, qui, en ce cas, retourne à la succession du mari.

Life lesson: The widow keeps the dower as long as she stays single — remarry and it goes back to the husband's estate.
Notes: Dower conditional on widowhood (viduité). Remarriage = loss of dower. Caution juratoire required.
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