Marriage

thumb|The symbol for marriage, often used in genealogy

A dowry is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or his family at the time of marriage.

right|thumb|William-Adolphe Bouguereau's The Proposal

money or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the family of the bride

A bachelor is a man who is not and never has been married.

indicates whether the person is married (examples: married, single, divorced, and widowed)

thumb|240px|Illustration from Tacuinum Sanitatis, a medieval handbook by [[Ibn Butlan on health and wellness]] The consummation of a marriage, or simply consummation, is the first officially credited act of sexual intercourse following marriage. In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the definition usually refers to penile–vaginal penetration (i.e., heterosexual), and some religious doctrines hold an additional requirement prohibiting contraception. In this sense, "a marriage is consummated only if the conjugal act performed deposits semen in the vagina."

societal system of married couples residing with or near the wife's parents

thumb|A humorous, staged photograph (circa 1904) depicting an attempted elopement with clichéd ladder to the prospective bride's upstairs bedroom. The bride has fallen down the ladder, knocking over her beau and waking her father.

relations between persons on different geographical locations

societal system of married couples residing with or near the husband's parents

thumb|right|Good Housekeeping is one of several magazines related to homemaking. thumb|right|Title page of Our Home Cyclopedia: Cookery and Housekeeping, published in Detroit, Michigan, in 1889

concept in genealogy

ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or relationship

man whose main occupation is running or managing the family's home

Social movement interested in family law

living arrangement

court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties

thumb|Dower agreement (Proikosymfono) before wedding at Kastoria, Greece, (1905). Source: Folkloric Museum of Kastoria

A mésalliance (also misalliance) is a marriage to an unsuitable partner. Typically used to define a union with a socially inferior partner, like morganatic marriage by a member of royal family, this Gallicism is also used metaphorically, especially in the misalliance variant, to describe a generally unworkable association, for example, the ill-fated alliance of German nobility with Hitler.

traditionally, a box or chest (furniture) that women use to store dower items, including linens and baby clothes; may include items that do not fit in one box

thumb|250px|Modern representation of a Byzantine bride-show, with Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos choosing Theodora to be his empress thumb|250px|1882 painting of Tsar Alexis of Russia choosing his bride in 1648. Painting by [[Grigory Sedov.]]

classes of surname

Family Structure

marriage arranged for diplomatic purposes

promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony

irrational fear or avoidance of long-term partnership or marriage

Bachelorette is a term used in American English for a single, unmarried woman. The term is derived from the word bachelor, and is often used by journalists, editors of popular magazines, and some individuals. "Bachelorette" was famously the term used to refer to female contestants on the old The Dating Game TV show and, more recently, The Bachelorette.

person who presides over a wedding

Latin phrase meaning "vein of love"

system of property ownership between spouses

article covering both the theme of a human marrying an animal in fiction and purported cases in reality

legal document allowing a wedding to take place

religious issue

American observance in February

thumb|Newlyweds in Kraków, Poland Newlyweds are people who have recently entered into a marriage. The time frame during which a married couple is considered newlywed varies, but for social science research purposes it may be considered as up to six months into the marriage.

Jointure was a legal concept used largely in late mediaeval and early modern Britain, denoting the estate given to a married couple by the husband's family. One of its most important functions was providing a livelihood for the wife if she became widowed, and it is most often used in this sense, interchangeably with dower.

euphemism for homosexual, used within obituaries

Henogamy is a social custom allowing exactly one of the children (or male children) in a family to marry.

Concept about personal relationships

child custody plan included in a marital separation agreement or final decree of divorce.