When the custom of capture had died down it was succeeded by the milder form of elopement, or the bride was sold or exchanged against a girl from the bridegroom's family or clan, but there is usually a relic of a formal transfer, such as the Hindu _Kanyadan_ or gift of the virgin, the Roman _Traditio in manum_ or her transfer from her father's to her husband's power, and the giving away of the bride.
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Transfer of the bride to her husband's clan.
These customs seem to mark the transfer of the woman from her father's to her husband's clan, which was in the first instance effected forcibly and afterwards by the free gift of her father or guardian, and the change of surname would be a relic of the change of clan.

Among the Hindus a girl is never called by her proper name in her husband's house, but always by some other name or nickname.

This custom seems to be a relic of the period when the name denoted the clan, though it no longer has any reference either to the girl's clan or family.

Another rite portraying the transfer in India is the marking of the bride's forehead with vermilion, which is no doubt a substitute for blood.