Union
Of law and marital status. May also be referred to as marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship and wedlock.
The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union".
This concept's ID is @1~70308
Law
- bigamy
Having two spouses at the same time.
- common-law marriage
A marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by...
Also contains
- monogamy
Having only one spouse at a time.
- polygamy
Having more than one spouse at a time.
- misalliance
An unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage).
- intermarriage
Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required...
- endogamy
Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.
- marriage of convenience
A marriage for expediency rather than love.
- monandry
The state of having only one husband at a time.
- open marriage
A marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships...
- cuckoldom
The state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery.
- sigeh
A Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify...