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  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • Forced Marriage

    Forced marriage in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of forced marriage.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading forced marriage […]

  • Mixed Marriage

    A union between persons of different races; in particular, between a Caucasian and an African. A State may forbid whites and blacks to inter-marry. The XIVth Amendment does not prohibit such legislation. Green v. State, 58 Ala. 192-97 (1877); 59 id. 60….

  • Marriage of Convenience

    Hierarchical Display of Marriage of convenience Social Questions > Family > Family law > MarriageLaw > International law > Private international lawSocial Questions > Migration > Migration > Migration policy > Migration control > Illegal migration Meaning of Marriage of convenience […]

  • Marriage Rate

    Hierarchical Display of Marriage rate Social Questions > Demography and population > DemographySocial Questions > Family > Family law > Marriage Meaning of Marriage rate Overview and more information about Marriage rate For a more comprehensive understanding of Marriage rate, see in the […]

  • Family By Marriage

    Hierarchical Display of Family by marriage Social Questions > Family > Family Meaning of Family by marriage Overview and more information about Family by marriage For a more comprehensive understanding of Family by marriage, see in the general part of the online platform.[rtbs […]

  • Avail Of Marriage

    In Scotch Law. A certain sum due by the heir of a deceased ward vassal, when the heir became of marriageable age. Ersk. Inst. lib. 2, tit. 5, I 18. In Feudal Law. The right of a guardian in chivalry to dispose of the hand of his ward in marriage. 2 Bl. Comm. 88. …

  • Avail Of Marriage

    In Scotch Law. A certain sum due by the heir of a deceased ward vassal, when the heir became of marriageable age. Ersk. Inst. lib. 2, tit. 5, I 18. In Feudal Law. The right of a guardian in chivalry to dispose of the hand of his ward in marriage. 2 Bl. Comm. 88. …

  • Common-Law Marriage

    Common-Law Marriage

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common-law marriage Meaning of Common-law marriage A marriage based upon agreement by which the parties agree per verba de presenti to become husband and wife, followed by sexual consummation. To […]

  • Marriage Tract

    Concept and History of Marriage Tract Ardua temptantes sub metrica iura medulliam…’Read more topics about canon law (including relating to marriage tract) . Here are a comprehensive list of canonists’biographies (Medieval and Early Modern Jurists). Concept and History of Marriage […]

  • Intermarriage

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Intermarriage (You may find intermarriage at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1570s, “act or fact of marrying” (now mostly restricted to legal use), from inter- + marriage. Meaning “marriage between […]

  • Consummation of A Marriage

    Consummation of a marriage in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of consummation of a marriage.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further […]

  • Sham Marriage

    Sham marriage in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sham marriage.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading sham marriage in A […]

  • Breakdown of Marriage

    ResourcesSee AlsoSee marital breakdown.

  • Registration of Marriage

    Every marriage solemnised in England must be registered, if celebrated according to the rights of the Church of England, by the clergyman who solemnised it, and in other cases generally by the registrar. (The Marriage Act, 1836.) Registration of Title. See Land Registration…