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ARRAS, Span. law. The property contributed by the husband, ad sustinenda onera matrimonii, is called arras. The husband is under no obligation togive arras, but it is a donation purely voluntary. He is not permitted togive in arras more than a tenth of his property. The arras is the exclusiveproperty of the wife, subject to the husband's usufruct during his life.Burge on the Confl. of Laws, 417. 2. By arras is also understood the donation which the husband makes tohis wife, by reason or on account of marriage, and in consideration of thedote, or portion, which be receives from her. Aso & Man. Inst. h.t. 7, c.3.

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