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  2. Marriage settlement (England) - Wikipedia

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    A marriage settlement in England and Wales was a historical arrangement whereby, most commonly and in its simplest form, a trust of land or other assets was established jointly by the parents of a bride and bridegroom. The trustees were established as legal owners of the assets, and the bride and bridegroom as beneficial owners of the assets ...

  3. Western European marriage pattern - Wikipedia

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    In addition, there was a sharp rise in the percentage of women who remained unmarried and thus decreased fertility; an Englishwoman marrying at the average age of 26 years in the late 17th century who survived her childbearing years would bear an average of 5.03 children while an Englishwoman making a comparable marriage in the early 19th ...

  4. Courtship and marriage in Tudor England - Wikipedia

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    Courtship describes a period intended for couples to get to know each other and develop personal affection, before deciding if a marriage should be pursued. [7] The structure of courtship is surrounded by the economic possessions that could be brought into a potential marriage, whether that be of property, dowry, jointures or other settlements. [8]

  5. History of courtship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Courtship practices in the United States changed gradually throughout its history. The transition from primarily rural colonies to cities and the expansion across the continent with major waves of immigration, accompanied by developments in transportation, communication, education, industrialization, and the economy, contributed to changes over time in the national culture that influenced how ...

  6. Marriage in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    19th-century painting of a "penny wedding", one at which the guests contributed money to pay for the cost of the ceremony and to benefit the coupleUnder early modern Scots law, there were three forms of "irregular marriage" which can be summarised as the agreement of the couple to be married and some form of witnessing or evidence of such.

  7. Marriage Act 1836 - Wikipedia

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    The Marriage Act 1836 [1] (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. c. 85), also known as the Act for Marriages in England 1836 or the Broomstick Marriage Act , was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised civil marriage [ 4 ] in what is now England and Wales [ 5 ] from 30 June 1837.

  8. Boston marriage - Wikipedia

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    Katharine Coman and Katharine Lee Bates lived together in a Wellesley marriage for 25 years. Boston marriages were so common at Wellesley College in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that the term Wellesley marriage became a popular description. [7]: 185 Typically, the relationship involved two academic women. This was common from about ...

  9. File:A history of the nineteenth century, year by year (IA ...

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