Who keeps the ring if an engagement is broken in Canada?

If the man calls off the engagement who keeps the ring in the state of MS

Whether England, the U.S. or Canada when an engagement ring is given to a young woman it is hers to keep. However, although rare sometimes the young man may give a family heirloom as the engagement ring and it would be gracious of the ex fiancee to give the ring back to her ex fiance.

Your wife owns the ring. The ring was given in anticipation of marriage. In some jurisdictions an engagement ring is considered a conditional gift with the condition being that the marriage take place. In many states an engagement ring must be returned if the engagement is broken. However, in your case the engagement culminated in marriage and the ring belongs to her. Your wife owns the ring. The ring was given in anticipation of marriage…

The woman is supposed to return the ring to the man.

Depends on who breaks the engagement. If she breaks it she needs to give back the ring. If he breaks it she keeps it. The ring is a contract and a promise. Thank you people now you are thinking, in order to answer this legal question we must first get the facts, which is why wiki answers is probably not the place to start for legal answers to general questions

In any Western country the woman can keep the engagement ring. She can take the diamonds out of it and make another ring or sell it. If the engagement was a family heirloom then it should be given back to the ex.

It really depends on the circumstances behind the engagement, if the item is given during a holiday or as birthday gift then it might be assumed that it was a gift. However, if the engagement ring is not given as a gift the ring should be returned. The purpose of an engagement ring is to prove a man's commitment to a woman, if the engagement is broken off then the ring should most definitely be…

An engagement ring is considered a 'conditional gift' in the United States of America. Once the engagement has been broken, the ring has to be returned to the donor.

Not sure if it's the law but it seems to be that if the woman breaks off the engagement then she should return the ring, especially if it was her fiance's family heirloom. On the other hand, if HE breaks off the engagement then the woman keeps the ring.

Unless it is a family heirloom then the young woman can keep the engagement ring as it was a gift to her of the young man's pledge of love. A man who has given an engagement ring to his girlfriend and either one breaks up then a man should not give that engagement ring to another woman that may come into his life. Women would not want some other woman's engagement ring. If he still…

She had broken off their engagement and as the ring was a token for this promise of marriage, she releases Scrooge from that promise.

Traditionally the woman is entitled to the ring if the engagement is broken. Because the ring is usually a gift the man probably has no right to demand the ring back, and certainly no right to take it.

it is said by law that if the engagement is broken that the ring is to be returned to the giver being that if that state is an conditional gift state, and the only state that is an unconditional gift state is the state of montana althought state laws often change.

In case of engagement ring, its Yes. man has the full right to take back ring as it doesn't claim any relationship that had been broken. but in case of bridal sets, its goes to woman,always. Generally when an engagement is broken off the young woman should be able to keep the ring as it was given to her and her ex fiance has no need for it because if he met another young woman…

Only to be cleaned or if it's so big it keeps getting snagged on something