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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A mutual promise between a man and a woman to marry each other at some other time: it differs from a marriage, because then the contract is completed.

Wood, Inst. 57.

See Betrothment.

See Betrothment.