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1contract a marriage — phrase to agree formally to get married to someone Her marriage was contracted when she was only five years old. Thesaurus: to get, or to be marriedsynonym marital statushyponym Main entry: contract …
2contract before marriage — index antenuptial agreement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3contract of marriage — A contract between a man and a woman whereby they mutually agree to enter into a matrimonial relationship, and which becomes executed by their act of marriage. Lewis v Tapman, 90 Md 294, 45 A 459. See marriage articles …
4contract a marriage — to agree formally to get married to someone Her marriage was contracted when she was only five years old …
5fraudulent contract of marriage — A ground of absolute divorce consisting of fraud perpetrated upon the plaintiff in inducing him or her to enter into a marriage which is void because of consanguinity, imbecility, or other circumstance rendering the marriage void from the… …
6marriage — mar·riage / mar ij/ n 1: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2: the ceremony… …
7Marriage in South Africa — exists in a number of different forms, as a result of the diversity of religions and cultures in the country. Historically the legal definition of marriage, derived from the Roman Dutch law, was limited to monogamous marriages between opposite… …
8Marriage — For other uses, see Marriage (disambiguation). Married and Matrimony redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation) …
9Marriage in Islam — Part of a series on Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh) …
10contract — con|tract1 [ kan,trækt ] noun count *** 1. ) a written legal agreement between two people or businesses that says what each must do for the other or give to the other: After six months she was offered an employment contract. A team led by… …
