Sponsalia
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or STIPULATIO SPONSAlitia (Lat.) A promise lawfully made between persons capable of marrying each other, that at some future time they will marry. See "Espousals;" Ersk. Inst. 1. 6. 3.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Mutual promises to marry.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Spousals; actual marriaga In the civil and canon law. Spousals, or ance; a mutual contract of future marriage. a mutual promise of marriage to be had praisenti: a mutual promise of present sunt mentio et repromissio nnptiarum the mention and promise of future nuptials.