wedlock

Noun
  1. referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried
    subtypes:
    • bigamy - the state of having two spouses at the same time
    • common-law marriage - a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
    • endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
    • exogamy, intermarriage - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
    • marriage of convenience - a marriage for expediency rather than love
    • misalliance - an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
    • monandry - the state of having only one husband at a time
    • monogamousness, monogamy - the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time
    • open marriage - a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other
    • cuckoldom - the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery
    • polygamy - the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time
    • sigeh - a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years
    same as: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union

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