Peeress: alternatives and connections

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.

the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family…

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or volunta…

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…

To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…

Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…

To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.

a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "it was a brief and intense courts…

a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "it was a brief and intense courts…

A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See B…

Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.

The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.

Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exo…

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and des…