1. Definition
A matrimonial regime is the system that governs the relations between spouses concerning property during and after the dissolution of marriage by virtue of customary law and, increasingly during the early modern period, by virtue of statute law, especially, however, in regard to contract law (marriage contracts, marriage gifts, marriage pacts, etc.; cf. Matrimonial law). Matrimonial regime differs from inheritance law in light of its effects: they arise already up…