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Where Muslim personal law applies, which of these is outside the remedies available for unpaid dower?

The remedies concern payment of the dower due and, in defined circumstances, cohabitation or retention of property already lawfully held. Nonpayment gives no unilateral…

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Where Muslim personal law applies, which of these is outside the remedies available for unpaid dower?

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The remedies concern payment of the dower due and, in defined circumstances, cohabitation or retention of property already lawfully held. Nonpayment gives no unilateral power to increase the amount as a penalty.

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Option A

Before consummation, unpaid prompt dower can justify the wife's refusal to cohabit.

Option B

Dower that has fallen due is enforceable as a debt.

Option C

A widow already lawfully in possession may retain the property in lieu of unpaid dower, subject to the governing conditions.

Option D

The wife may recover the amount due. Nonpayment confers no power to increase it as a penalty.

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