Regularum libri
Ex libro V
Ulpianus, Rules, Book V. Necessary expenses are those through which the dowry is diminished, as, for instance, those incurred for the building of dikes, the diversion of streams, the supporting and repairing of old houses, and the replacing of trees where others have died. 1Useful expenses are, for example, such as placing cattle in fields for the purpose of manuring them. 2Expenses incurred for pleasure are, for instance, the construction of baths.
Ulpianus, Rules, Book V. The husband is entitled to an action for recovery as well as the personal action against his wife on the ground of property wrongfully appropriated by her, whether it belongs to him or is included in the dowry; and it is in his power to make use of whichever action he chooses.