Одна свадьба, две грамоты

Гл. 10. С. 135–144.

Lifshits A.

The article is devoted to two documents of the last quarter of the 17th
century, illustrating the processes of changing the norms of inheritance of
property left after the death of a childless spouse. On January 28, 1681,
amendments to the current legislation were adopted, according to which a
childless widower retains a quarter of the dowry of his deceased wife. Before
that, he had to return the dowry in full. The published documents record an
early case of the application of new legal norms, which were subsequently
repeatedly corrected in search of a solution acceptable to the parties.

Keywords: брак, семейное право, marriage, inheritance according to law, family law, право на наследство, 17th Century Russia, Россия XVII в., dowry, приданое

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Традиционные и новаторские пути изучения социальной истории России XII-XX веков: Сборник статей в честь Елены Николаевны Швейковской

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