| 单词 | scotch marriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch marriage Scotch marriage n. a marriage, formerly valid according to Scots law, effected solely by a mutual declaration of consent before two witnesses; this form of marriage.Chiefly applied to the runaway marriages (formerly frequent) of couples who crossed from England into Scotland in order to escape the restrictions imposed by English law on the marriage of minors without the consent of their guardians. Cf. Gretna Green n. This particular form of ‘irregular marriage’, also known as marriage by declaration, was abolished under the Marriage (Scotland) Act of 1939. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > other types of wedding confarreation1598 farreation1656 coemption1676 Scotch marriage1762 foot washing1780 civil union1837 white wedding1840 hand-fastening1899 Anand Karaj1938 destination wedding1990 1762 London Mag. Oct. 536/2 Considerations on Scotch Marriages. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xix A good many years ago..I got myself entrapped into a Scotch marriage. 1911 H. E. Fenn Thirty-five Years in Divorce Court xiv. 130 To try and annul a Scotch marriage, ‘irregular’, as it is called, always proves very interesting reading. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 19 Apr. 11 Until finally eliminated by act of parliament as recently as 1939, ‘Scotch marriage’—marriage by some form of exchange of mutual consent—could be partly traced back to the old custom known as ‘handfasting’. < as lemmas |
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