engagement

engagement, n.

1. A contract or agreement involving mutual promises. [Cases: Contracts 57. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 108–109.]

2. An agreement to marry; the period after which a couple has agreed to marry but before they do so. — Also termed (in sense 2) betrothal; betrothment. [Cases: Breach of Marriage Promise

1. C.J.S. Breach of Marriage Promise § 3.]

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