0 the legal relationship of a man and a woman being a husband and a wife -- брак, супружество
a happy marriage
1 the ceremony where people become a husband and a wife -- бракосочетание
a marriage ceremony/certificate
Certainly, over a long historical period it might be expected that unrecorded separations would have diminished as a proportion of all marriage breakdowns.
Marriage has been secularised and is concluded upon the oral response of the two parties.
The marriage ceremony itself was perfunctory and, in this instance, the whole process of juba'ing seems to have proceeded smoothly.
Eloping was not a rejection of marriage or of bridewealth, but a pragmatic decision foisted upon young people because of poverty.
Thus, the families in the sample are characterized by poverty, relatively large family size, and frequent unstable marriages.
Their members' marriage patterns, for example, showed subtle, but visible, differences from those of other social groups.
The land was most likely to be transferred to the eldest son of the first marriage.
The question of succession prompted families engaged in the same occupation to form an association that controlled members' marriages and inheritances.
