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Definition of Nuptial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a wedding. "Marriage vows"

Definition of Nuptial

1. a. Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.

2. n. Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.

Definition of Nuptial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage. ¹

2. Adjective. Capable, or characteristic, of breeding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nuptial

1. a wedding [n -S] - See also: wedding

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuptial

Literary usage of Nuptial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles by Frederick Pollock (1885)
"The next question is, what is the effect of a post-nuptial Effect of " note or memorandum " satisfying the requisites of the tkm by statute on an ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgage by William Wyllys Mackeson, Henry Arthur Smith, Richard Holmes Coote (1884)
"Ante-nuptial and post-nuptial settlements. If there is an intent to defeat creditors, the deed will not be sup- Fraudulent ported as being an appointment ..."

3. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife by John Fraser Macqueen, Sydney Hastings, John Davies Davenport (1872)
"310 Post-nuptial settlements n-ithin Hills of Sale Act 310 Operation of'27 Eliz. c. ... 312 Husband's post-nuptial settlement cannot bar the wife's claim by ..."

4. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"It enacts that in any marriage which takes place after 1st January, 1878, the husband's liability for his wife's ante-nuptial debts " shall be limited to ..."

5. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"to the lowest races, the general statement may nevertheless be made that pre-nuptial unchastity among them is neither common nor condoned. ..."

6. Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on the General by Frederick Pollock (1881)
"The next question is, what is the effect of a post-nuptial Effect of " note or memorandum " satisfying the requisites of the tion by statute on an ..."

7. A Summary of the Law of Torts; Or, Wrongs Independent of Contract by Arthur Underhill (1889)
"Wife's ante-nuptial and post-nuptial Torts. (1) Although a married woman may now be sued alone in respect of her ante-nuptial torts, her husband is also ..."

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