contracting a marriage
21Celestial marriage — A couple following their marriage in the Manti Utah Temple Celestial marriage (also called the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage, Eternal Marriage, Temple Marriage or The Principle) is a doctrine of Mormonism, particularly The Church of… …
22Civil Marriage — • The municipal law deals with this status only as a civil institution Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Civil Marriage Civil Marriage …
23Banns of marriage — The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the banns or bans (from a Middle English word meaning proclamation, rooted in Old French[1]) are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two specified… …
24Ritual of Marriage — Ritual of Marriage † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ritual of Marriage The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony, as it stands in the Rituale Romanum of the present day, is remarkably simple. It consists of the following… …
25Mixed Marriage — • Those between Catholics and non Catholics, when the latter have been baptized in some Christian sect. The term is also used to designate unions between Catholics and infidels Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mixed Marriage …
26putative marriage — noun canon & civil law : a duly formalized marriage that is invalid because of various impediments (as consanguinity) through recognized in some states as valid for certain purposes if contracted in good faith by at least one of the parties to it …
27proxy marriage — noun Date: 1900 a marriage celebrated in the absence of one of the contracting parties who is represented at the ceremony by a proxy …
28proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other. [1895 1900] * * * …
29putative marriage — Law. a marriage contracted in violation of an impediment, but in good faith on the part of one or both of the contracting persons. [1805 15] * * * …
30impediment to marriage — Legal obstacle to contracting a valid marriage such as relationship of blood within prohibited degree of consanguinity between parties. See also impediments …
