Małżeńskie ustroje majątkowe w Królestwie Kongresowym – na podstawie intercyz sporządzanych przez pierwszych łódzkich notariuszy
Matrimonial property regimes in the Congress Kingdom of Poland on the basis of premarital contracts drawn up by the first notaries in Łódź

Summary/Abstract: The Civil Code of the Kingdom of Poland (KCKP), enacted on June 1, 1825, stated that property relations in marriage could develop within the statutory property regime, which was the exclusive property regime or the contractual regime adopted by the spouses. KCKP regulated the principles of operation of the three main property regimes that could be introduced by agreement. The future spouses could simply bind their property relations to one of these regimes, or make any modifications to them. In addition, they were allowed to adopt a completely different, arbitrary system, as long as the rules of its functioning did not violate the law or good morals, and were specified in detail in the contract. The contractual systems regulated in the code were: property separation, dowry property regime and joint property. In practice of first notaries in the years 1841–1875 in Łódź, most commonly adopted property regimes were those that combined the features of two regimes, i.e. property exclusivity and joint property, or a dowry regime and joint property. However, the principles of the functioning of these systems adopted in premarital agreements were not uniform. The bride and groom decided on various combinations in terms of subjecting individual property components to property exclusivity, possibly to a dowry government, or joint ownership. The regimes of exclusive property and joint property as well as the dowry regime and joint property regimes were attractive for spouses, due to their flexibility, the possibility of adjusting the arrangements to the financial situation of future spouses.

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