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Marriage

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Definition: The social institution involving legal and/or religious sanction whereby men and women are joined together for the purpose of founding a family unit.  a sociol & anthropol concept: differentiate from MARITAL STATUS, a demographic & statist concept; SPOUSES is available for the husband or wife as a person   
See Also Premarital Examinations; Spouses 		Other names Marital Relationship; Unions, Consensual; Union, Consensual; Selections, Mate; Selection, Mate; Remarriages; Relationships, Marital; Relationship, Marital; Postponements, Marriage; Postponement, Marriage; Mate Selections; Married, Currently; Marriages, Multiple; Marriages, Commonlaw; Marriages, Arranged; Marriages; Marriage, Arranged; Marriage Postponements; Marriage, Commonlaw; Marriage Pattern

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