Hi Jan, I have two acts of Restitution from my Union Parish guys that read almost exactly the same except for the property. I questioned several people about it and they said it was common practice back then when the wife had brought property into the marriage or had inherited property during the marriage. >From what I understood it was the husbands way of repaying his wife for the use of her property or something close to that. I also found one in Caldwell that said almost the same thing. Hope this helps, Debi