Reliance stock became so valued that it even formed part of the dowry in some families.
In it, the man asks her for her hand but her family demands a huge dowry.
The Shetland Islands were given from Norway to Scotland in the 15th Century as part of a royal dowry.
Widow remarriage was the theme of Ek Hi Rasta (1956) and dowry deaths in Dahej (1950).
The husband is reported to be considering legal action to get either her or his dowry back.
Families scrimped and saved for years to build a dowry so that their daughter might marry well.
Outdated traditions include a brother forbidding his sister to marry and then "shaming" her by withholding her dowry.
Many poor mothers fear they would have to bear the expenses of their daughter's wedding including paying dowry.
The researchers say many cases could be linked to demands over a dowry leading to women being set on fire.
Key to T-Mobile's long-term success was the acquisition of MetroPCS and all the sweet, sweet spectrum locked up in its dowry.
The legal amendment, making it possible for an accuser to nullify a case under prosecution, will also apply to dowry harassment cases.
It is often used for ceremonial dowry payments and, significantly for the spa business, many Thais believe gold helps heal skin wounds such as scars.
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Business thrived as families came in to shop to purchase the heavy jewelry offered as bridal dowry, a practice common in many parts of India.
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In the old days, she says, a man could abandon his wife and hold on to the property, even if part of it was her dowry.
Titian, meanwhile, also gave Lavinia a big enough dowry to marry a gentleman farmer and his other portraits of her show her in more lavish dress.
When she was a young woman her father gave her a choice - he could afford a dowry or pay for her degree, but not both.
Two of his wishes -- tithe one-tenth of his income to the poor and provide an anonymous dowry for poor girls -- are part of Jewish customs.
Coming back here only to be married off by their fathers to collect a dowry, settle a debt, or repent for a crime just doesn't cut it.
The rebel leader himself has acquired a new wife, his fourth, whom he allegedly kidnapped last month and then paid a dowry for, using part of his ransom income.
"The only thing that could really end this problem is a firm end to the system of dowry, " Mr Singh said from his cell at the local police station.
In 1658, the Sultan of Brunei gave Sabah to the Sultan of Sulu - either as a dowry or because troops from Sulu had helped him quell a rebellion.
The formerly cordial relationship between the two soured when Oracle entered the hardware business by buying Sun Microsystems, which brought along its SPARC microprocessor architecture as part of the dowry.
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But pressures of family, demands for dowry and domestic harassment - and violence - push many such young, married women over the edge in the country's teeming cities and towns.
Amina is forced to marry at 12, to bear a child though still a child herself -- while her own brother is given her dowry money to buy a used car.
In India, paying and accepting a dowry - a centuries-old tradition where the bride's parents present gifts of cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom's family - has been illegal since 1961.
In their custom, men must pay a very specific dowry in order to wed and one told me that his girlfriend has waited 8 years for him to earn enough to marry her.
"It leaves a healthy dowry for the BFI to inherit, " agreed Gareth Unwin, who gave "a massive thank you to the UK Film Council" as he accepted the best picture Oscar with his colleagues.
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