marital agreement

marital agreement. An agreement between spouses or two people engaged to be married concerning the division and ownership of marital property during marriage or upon dissolution by death or divorce; esp. a premarital contract or separation agreement primarily concerned with dividing marital property in the event of divorce. — Also termed marriage settlement; property settlement. See PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT; POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENT. [Cases: Husband and Wife 29, 277.]

---

词条贡献者

译员Shifang，毕业于国内一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与员工福利与高管薪酬有关的法律文件。