Marriage
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Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between the
Chinese immigrant with his three wives and fourteen children, Cairns, 1904
In an 1828 "Wife Wanted" advertisement, an Englishman claiming a "great taste for building" pledges to apply a prospective wife's dowry-like £1000+ to build property that will be "settled on her for life".
The wedding of Rinchen Lhamo, a Tibetan woman, and Louis King, an Englishman
An arranged marriage between Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain
Divorce
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Divorce is the process of terminating a marriage. Divorce usually entails canceling or reorganising the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage according to the law of the particular country or
Marriage
…presence of a priest and two witnesses. The absence of a requirement of parental consent ended a debate from the 12th century. In the case of a civil divorce, the innocent spouse has no right to marry again until the death of the other spouse terminates the still valid marriage, even if the other spouse was…
"JUST DIVORCED!" hand-written on an automobile's rear window.
Cartoon parodying the circus-like divorce proceedings of Anna Gould (an American heiress and socialite) and Boni de Castellane (a French nobleman) in 1906 in Paris, France. Boni de Castellane then sought an annulment from the Vatican so that he could be free to remarry in the Church. The annulment case was not finally settled until 1924, when the highest Vatican tribunal upheld the validity of the marriage and denied the annulment.
Roman married couple.
Henry VIII of England broke with the Catholic Church in order to obtain an annulment.