prenuptial agreement
English
editEtymology
editFrom prenuptial + agreement.
Noun
editprenuptial agreement (plural prenuptial agreements)
- A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.
- 2001 July 7, Tamar Lewin, “Among Nuptial Agreements, Post- Has Now Joined Pre-”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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?
- 2023 May 10, Phillip Galanes, “My Boyfriend Wants a Prenup. Can I Say No?”, in The New York Times[2]:
- Last week, he said we should get married and that he wants a prenuptial agreement.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editdocument stating legal claims upon a divorce
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Further reading
edit- prenuptial agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia