- lawful wedlock
- Matrimony; the ceremony or state of marriage. State v Coliton, 73 ND 582, 17 NW2d 546, 156 ALR 1403.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
lawful wedlock
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