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Definition of Prenuptial
1. Adjective. Relating to events before a marriage. "Prenuptial agreement"
Definition of Prenuptial
1. Adjective. Occurring before marriage; antenuptial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prenuptial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prenuptial
Literary usage of Prenuptial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Persons and of Domestic Relations by Epaphroditus Peck (1920)
"A. For prenuptial liabilities of the wife. Immediately upon the marriage the
husband becomes liable for all existing debts or other liabilities of the wife; ..."
2. The Real Shelley: New Views of the Poet's Life by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1885)
"Mr. Garnett's Assurances — The Fiction about Claire — Lady Shelley's Use of Hogg's
Evidences— The prenuptial Intercourse—Was it slight? ..."
3. The Family and the New Democracy: A Study in Social Hygiene by Anna Mary Galbraith (1920)
"... or the Sexual Appetite in Woman; Continence in Man and the Mode of Individual
Life; prenuptial Chastity in Man both an Ethical and Race Obligation; ..."
4. Society in China by Robert Kennaway Douglas (1894)
"prenuptial -elopements occur but rarely, and the penalty which awaits the hasty
pair in case of capture is imprisonment, which lasts as long as the ..."
5. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"The Bobolink and the Sharp-tailed Sparrow have a complete spring molt (prenuptial),
even to the wings and tail; the Scarlet Tanager ..."
6. Morals in Evolution: A Study in Comparative Ethics by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1915)
"But among the hunting peoples, particularly in Australia, there are several cases
in which, though there is no mention of prenuptial relations as a general ..."
7. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"The principle that a prenuptial transfer of his property by a husband may be
invalid as a fraud on his wife's marital rights has been held to include a ..."
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