marriage contract
Spousal legal document
A marriage contract is a legal agreement between spouses or prospective spouses, typically governing property rights, financial obligations, and division of assets.
Prenuptial agreements are marriage contracts signed before the wedding; postnuptial agreements come after.
The term also refers to the formal document establishing a marriage itself in some legal systems and religious traditions.
- prenuptial agreementLegal contract before marriage
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- dowryMarital property transfer
- jointureWidow's legal estate
- family lawJurisprudence of households
postnuptial agreement · ketubah · financial disclosure · community property · inheritance rights · bride price · separate property · property rights · legal obligation · tying the knot · till death do us part · spouse · nuptial · groom · promise · breach of promise · bride · covenant
- binding agreementscovenant, treaty, pact, oath, pledge
- Sharia Lawqadi, fatwa, mufti, ijma, hadith
- Islamic Marriagedowry, dower, waiting period, polygyny, guardian
- Jewish marriageJewish wedding, ketubah, chuppah, erusin, wedding canopy
- weddingwedding, wedding ring, marry, wedding ceremony, wedding rings
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
marriage contractdivorce decree
Court document ending marriage
divorce papers · annulment · decree absolute · separation agreement · divorce settlement
marriage, contract, married, marrying, contracts, marriages, marital, matrimony, matrimonial