invalid marriage
Legally void matrimony
An invalid marriage is one that lacks legal recognition, either because it was never legally valid (void from the start, as with bigamy or incest) or because it can be annulled due to fraud, coercion, or incapacity.
The term appears in legal, religious, and immigration contexts: The court declared the invalid marriage null and void.
- church weddingMarriage ceremony in religious building
- civil ceremonyNonreligious legal marriage
- bigamyIllegal second marriage
- shotgun weddingMarriage compelled by pregnancy
- annulmentDeclared void from start
void ab initio · forged documents · consent form · non-consummation · fraud · common law · coercion · gender inequality · excommunication · nullity · impediment
- marriage annulmentannulment, nullity, church annulment, church court, dispensation
invalid marriagevalid marriage
Legally enforceable spousal bond
legal marriage · legal union · holy matrimony · civil marriage · common-law marriage
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