- contract to marry
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English-german law dictionary. 2013.
contract to marry
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marry — [v] become husband and wife in legal ceremony ally, associate, become one, bond, catch*, combine, conjoin, conjugate, contract, couple, drop anchor*, espouse, get hitched*, get married, join, knit, land*, lead to altar, link, match, mate, merge,… … New thesaurus
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contract — con|tract1 W1S2 [ˈkɔntrækt US ˈka:n ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin contractus; CONTRACT2] 1.) an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do ▪ Read the contract carefully before you sign it.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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marry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See marriage. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take a spouse] Syn. wed, espouse, enter the matrimonial state, contract matrimony, promise in marriage, pledge in marriage, mate, take a helpmate, lead to… … English dictionary for students
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