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...
The couple who just got engaged could have an engagement party two to three weeks later which gives them a chance to invite guests and to give the guests a chance to set the special event aside.
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.
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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...