1. If either the fiancé or the fiancée refrains from concluding the marriage contract or dies before the contract, and the fiancé had given his fiancée property before the contract as part of the dowry, the fiancé, or his heirs, is entitled to reclaim what was given in kind if it still exists, otherwise by its equivalent or its value on the day of receipt. 2. If the fiancée buys with the dowry, or part of it, trousseau to the purpose of the marriage, according to custom, and the fiancé’s withdrawal is with no reason on her part, or her withdrawal is because of the fiancé, then she is entitled to choose between returning the dowry or handing over what she purchased in its condition unless an agreement stipulating otherwise exists. 3. If the fiancée buys with the dowry, or part of it, to the purpose of marriage, according to custom, and the withdrawal is from her part without a reason from the fiancé, then she is obliged to return the dowry, or else its equivalent or its value on the day of receipt.
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