Search results for: “marriage”
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Common_law Marriage
Common_law marriage in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of common_law marriage.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]
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Defense of Marriage Act
Defense Of Marriage Act…
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Marriage Brokage Contract
Marriage brokage contract in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of marriage brokage contract.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]
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Jactitation of Marriage
In English ecclesiastical law. The boasting by an individual that he or she has married another, from which it may happen that they will acquire the reputation of being married to each other. The ecclesiastical courts may in such cases entertain a libel by the party injured, and, on proof […]
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Proof of Marriage
Proof of marriage in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of proof of marriage.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading proof of marriage […]
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Nullity of Marriage
When a marriage is void, for any reason, the party not in fault may present a petition to the High Court in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, and obtain a decree declaring the nullity of the marriage…
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Annulment of marriage
See alsoA judicial decision that makes a marriage void and of no effect… (Read more)…
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Marriage License
A license required in some states to be obtained from a public officer by persons intending to marry. …
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Dissolved Marriage
A marriage (see Marriage and Disolution of Marriage in Connecticut here) is dissolved only by (1) the death of one of the parties or (2) a decree of annulment or dissolution of the marriage…
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Celebration Of Marriage
The solemn act by which a man and woman take each other for husband and wife, conformably to the rules prescribed by law. …
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Crude Marriage Rate
The number of of marriages registered during the calendar year per 1000 estimated resident population at 30 June….
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De Facto Marriage
The relationship between two people who live together in a couple relationship who are not registered as married to each other. In practice, a de facto marriage exists between a couple of opposite sex when the two people are usual residents in the same household and their relationship is […]
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Arranged Marriage
A marriage partner selection process in which the future bride and groom usually do not participate actively in the decision. Marriages are commonly arranged by parents or their agents when the marriages are seen as principally uniting two families rather than just husband and wife. There is […]
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Shift Marriage
In English law, the term denoted an ancient custom whereby the widow, unable to pay the debts of her deceased husband, was obliged if she contracted a second marriage to leave her clothes in the hands of her creditors and to go through the ceremony in her shift.
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Restraint Of Marriage
A clause in a will or a deed that is in restraint of marriage is void as offending public policy. However, a restraint on marriage which is a condition precedent to a contract or a devise taking effect is valid while a restraint which is condition subsequent is void. The restraint of a second […]