prenuptial agreement
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prenuptial agreement
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From prenuptial + agreement.
noun prenuptial agreements
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A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.
Not so long ago, prenuptial agreements raised eyebrows. What hope was there for a marriage, the thinking went, if even before the wedding the couple were specifying who gets what in case of divorce?
Similar: antenuptial agreement, premarital agreement, prenup, prenuptial
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noun document stating legal claims upon a divorce
| Español | capitulaciones matrimoniales, acuerdo prenupcial, capitulación prematrimonial |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 婚前契約 konzen keiyaku |
| 中文 | 婚前協議 /婚前协议 hūnqián xiéyì, 婚前協議書 /婚前协议书 hūnqián xiéyìshū |
| Português | acordo pré-nupcial |
| Français | contrat de mariage |
| Deutsch | Ehevertrag |
| Italiano | convenzione matrimoniale |
| Ελληνικά | προγαμιαία συμφωνία progamiaía symfonía |
| Русский | бра́чный догово́р bráčnyj dogovór, бра́чный контра́кт bráčnyj kontrákt |
| Tiếng Việt | hôn ước |
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