suit for a dowry
Definition: Private lawsuit to claim full amount of a dowry, defendant summoned by plaintiff via prosklesis, initiated by submitting a charge in writing to magistrate, supervised by Eponymous Archon, tried by the dikasterion, has punishment for convicted of an assessable fine, has penalty of epobelia for failed prosecution, with assessable penalty through timesis.
hypernym(s): assessable lawsuit (preferred), private lawsuit (preferred),
Status: preferred
Equivalent(s):
- grc: δίκη προικός (preferred)
Concept: <Legal proceeding brought forward by the injured party or a guardian with a prosecutor and defendant to claim full amount of a dowry defendant summoned by plaintiff via prosklesis initiated by submitting a charge in writing to magistrate supervised by Eponymous Archon tried by the dikasterion has punishment for convicted of an assessable fine has penalty of epobelia for failed prosecution with assessable penalty through timesis>
essential characteristic(s): /is an entire legal process/, /with assessable penalty through timesis/, /brought forward by the injured party or a guardian/, /with a prosecutor and defendant/, /to claim full amount of a dowry/, /defendant summoned by plaintiff via prosklesis/, /initiated by submitting a charge in writing to magistrate/, /supervised by Eponymous Archon/, /tried by the dikasterion/, /has punishment for convicted of an assessable fine/, /has penalty of epobelia for failed prosecution/
a kind of: <Legal proceeding brought forward by the injured party or a guardian with a prosecutor and defendant>, <Legal proceeding with assessable penalty through timesis>