《太平广记·卷三百四十二·鬼二十》
王氏已死，无人证明。于是诉讼到官府，公家断定王家先下财礼，应归王家。
王氏既殁，无所明，遂讼於官。公断王家先下财礼，合归王家。
Madam Wang is dead, and there is no one to prove it. They then sued the government, and the court ruled that the Wang family had made the first betrothal gift, so it belonged to the Wang family.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 王氏既殁，无所明，遂讼於官。公断王家先下财礼，合归王家。 Updated: 王氏已死，无人证明。于是诉讼到官府，公家断定王家先下财礼，应归王家。 [/INST] Madam Wang is dead, and there is no one to prove it. They then sued the government, and the court ruled that the Wang family had made the first betrothal gift, so it belonged to the Wang family.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 王氏既殁，无所明，遂讼於官。公断王家先下财礼，合归王家。 Updated: 王氏已死，无人证明。于是诉讼到官府，公家断定王家先下财礼，应归王家。
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Madam Wang is dead, and there is no one to prove it. They then sued the government, and the court ruled that the Wang family had made the first betrothal gift, so it belonged to the Wang family.
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