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(Encyclopedia)marriage, socially sanctioned union that reproduces the family. In all societies the choice of partners is generally guided by rules of exogamy (the obligation to marry outside a group); some societie...common-law marriage
(Encyclopedia)common-law marriage: see under husband and wife. ...annulment of marriage
(Encyclopedia)annulment of marriage: see nullity of marriage. ...nullity of marriage
(Encyclopedia)nullity of marriage, in law, an unlawful marriage that is either void or voidable because of conditions existing at the time of the marriage. A bigamous or incestuous marriage, for example, is void, a...husband and wife
(Encyclopedia)husband and wife, the legal aspects of the married state (for the sociological aspects, see marriage). The former Anglo-American law of marriage was chiefly characterized by the view that husband an...monogamy
(Encyclopedia)monogamy: see marriage.levirate
(Encyclopedia)levirate: see marriage.sororate
(Encyclopedia)sororate: see marriage.polyandry
(Encyclopedia)polyandry: see marriage.polygamy
(Encyclopedia)polygamy: see marriage.Browse by Subject
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