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MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marriage contract mean?
• MARRIAGE CONTRACT (noun)
The noun MARRIAGE CONTRACT has 1 sense:
1. a prenuptial agreement or contract
Familiarity information: MARRIAGE CONTRACT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prenuptial agreement or contract
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
marriage contract; marriage settlement
Hypernyms ("marriage contract" is a kind of...):
contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
Context examples
No marriage contract has ever been entered.
(Never Married, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Marriage contract has been declared dissolved and inactive.
(Divorced, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Marriage contract has been declared null and to not have existed.
(Annulled, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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