prenuptial agreement
prenuptial agreement 婚前协议 男女双方在结婚前订立的协议，通常用于解决当婚姻由于离婚或配偶一方死亡而终止时的扶养和财产分配问题。又作antenuptial agreement，marriage settlement等，有时也简作prenup。 (→antenuptial settlement; postnuptial agreement)
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mobilia
mobilia (moh-bil-ee-[schwa]), n. pl.[Latin “movables”] Roman law. Movable things. • The term primarily refers to inanimate objects but sometimes also refers to slaves and animals. MOBILIA SEQUUNTUR PERSONAM mobilia sequuntur personam (moh-bil-ee-[schwa] si-kw[schwa]n-t[schwa]r p[schwa]r-soh-n[schwa]m). [Latin] Int’l law. Movables follow the person — i.e., the law of the person. • This is the general principle that
prenuptial agreement
prenuptial agreement. An agreement made before marriage usu. to resolve issues of support and property division if the marriage ends in divorce or by the death of a spouse. — Also termed antenuptial agreement; antenuptial contract; premarital agreement; premarital contract; marriage settlement. — Sometimes shortened to prenup. Cf. POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENT ; COHABITATION AGREEMENT . [Cases:
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jointure
jointure (joyn-ch[schwa]r). 1. Archaic. A woman’s freehold life estate in land, made in consideration of marriage in lieu of dower and to be enjoyed by her only after her husband’s death; a settlement under which a wife receives such an estate. • The four essential elements are that (1) the jointure must take effect immediately
postnuptial agreement
postnuptial agreement (pohst-n[schwa]p-sh[schwa]l). An agreement entered into during marriage to define each spouse’s property rights in the event of death or divorce. • The term commonly refers to an agreement between spouses during the marriage at a time when separation or divorce is not imminent. When dissolution is intended as the result, it is more
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antenuptial contract
antenuptial contract 婚前合同 男女间在商议结婚时缔结的合同。 (→antenuptial settlement; companionate marriage)
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