Solemnity
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The formality established by law to render a contract, agreement, or other act valid. A marriage, for example, would not be valid if made in jest and without solemnity. See "Marriage;" Dig. 4. 1. 7; Id. 45. 1. 30.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The formality established by law to render a contract, agreement, or other act valid. As the solemnization of a marriage is the consummation of a valid marriage; 33 L. J. Ch. 139; 49 id. 193; and an oath to be taken solemnly does not merely mean religiously, but with all due solemnities; 14
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A rite or ceremony; the formality established by law to render a contract, agreement or other act valid.