dowry

But the young man said he was grateful that since he began mining five years ago, he has been able to save a little money for a dowry and is now married with children.

Forced child marriages more than doubled in four regions of Eastern Africa hit hardest by drought, as families scrambled to secure dowries to survive, it noted.

The islands were gifted to Scotland, along with Shetland, by King Christian I of Denmark and Norway in 1472 as security for a wedding dowry.

“If anything, I have a negative dowry,” Lucy admits, insisting that she has zero intention to wed herself unless the groom is very rich.

Indian police said they arrested Mr Lamba's parents under what is locally called the "dowry death" law.