- restraint of marriage
- A provision in a contract, a deed, or will which operates as a positive or probable, absolute or partial, prohibition of marriage. 35 Am J1st Mar §§ 247 et seq.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
restraint of marriage
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