Noun
a prenuptial agreement or contract
Source: WordNetA good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not. Dalton Trumbo
I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife. Harvey Fierstein
Another reason is to insure that the woman's legal rights are fully recognized in a marriage contract. Source: Internet
Arturo signs the marriage contract, followed reluctantly by Lucia. Source: Internet
Aux Archives nationales, études XIV, 408, et XXXV, 728. In her marriage contract dated 30 June 1780 was accorded a pension of 3,000 livres from the Royal Treasure to Amélie and her future children. Source: Internet
Alfonso drops the marriage contract in front of the officers, and, when they read it, they become enraged. Source: Internet