SPONSALIA PER VERBA DE FUTURO

sponsalia per verba de futuro (spon-say-lee-[schwa] p[schwa]r v[schwa]r-b[schwa] dee f[y]oo-t[y]oor-oh). [Latin “espousals by words about the future”] Hist. A promise to marry in the future. “[A] promise to marry in the future (sponsalia per verba de futuro) gave rise only to an executory contract of marriage. The regular way of executing the contract was to […]