Note 640 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Krauss, Sitte und Brauch der Südslaven, 272, 275; Kovalevsky, Mod. Customs and Anc. Laws of Russia, 26 ff. It existed among the Russians, Bohemians, and Pomeranians: Westermarck, op. cit., 397 n. 6, and the authorities there cited; but Turner, Slavisches Familienrecht, 16 ff., 22, denies the former existence of purchase.