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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS > MARRIAGE CONTRACTS

Preferred term

MARRIAGE CONTRACTS  

Definition

  • THE FORM AND SCOPE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT DIFFERS WIDELY ACROSS CULTURES AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY. IN MODERN WESTERN CHRISTIAN CULTURE IT IS A LEGALLY RECOGNISED AGREEMENT BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN UPON THEIR MARRIAGE, EITHER IMPLIED BY THE MARRIAGE VOWS OR MORE FORMALLY DRAWN UP, AS IN A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • DOWRIES
  • PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:2bfa2184-37ce-4f4e-9fea-7d85013c6fbf:3

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Date issued

  • 2022-09-20

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In other languages

  • MANŽELSKÉ SMLOUVY

    Czech

  • ÆGTEPAGT

    Danish

  • MEDGIFT
  • HUWELIJKSCONTRACTEN

    Dutch

  • AVIOEHTOSOPIMUKSET

    Finnish

  • AVIOEHTO
  • MYÖTÄJÄISET
  • CONTRATS DE MARIAGE

    French

  • ACCORDS PRÉNUPTIAUX
  • DOTS
  • EHEVEREINBARUNGEN

    German

  • AUSSTEUER
  • EHEVERTRAEGE
  • EHEVERTRÄGE
  • MITGIFTEN
  • ΓΑΜΗΛΙΑ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΑΙΑ

    Greek

  • ΠΡΟΓΑΜΙΑΙΑ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΑΙΑ
  • ΠΡΟΙΚΕΣ
  • HÁZASSÁGI SZERZŐDÉS

    Hungarian

  • HJÚSKAPARSAMNINGAR

    Icelandic

  • VEDYBŲ SUTARTYS

    Lithuanian

  • IKIVEDYBINĖ SUTARTIS
  • KRAITIS
  • VEDYBINĖS SUTARTYS
  • EKTESKAPSPAKT

    Norwegian

  • MEDGIFTE
  • CONTRACTE PRENUPȚIALE

    Romanian

  • POROČNI SPORAZUM

    Slovenian

  • CONTRATOS MATRIMONIALES

    Spanish

  • ACUERDOS PRENUPCIALES
  • CAPITULACIONES MATRIMONIALES
  • DOTES
  • ÄKTENSKAPSKONTRAKT

    Swedish

  • HEMGIFT
  • ÄKTENSKAPSFÖRORD

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/3/2bfa2184-37ce-4f4e-9fea-7d85013c6fbf

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