Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Postnuptial
adj. Made or occurring after marriage <a postnuptial contract>.
Prenuptial
adj. Made or occurring before marriage; premarital. - Also termed antenuptial (an-tee-nap-shal).
antenuptial
adj. see prenuptial.
antenuptial agreement
see prenuptial agreement.
antenuptial gift
see prenuptial gift under gift.
antenuptial will
See prenuptial will
lucra nuptialia
[Latin] Roman law. The property that one spouse receives from another, whether by gift, marriage-gift, dos, or testamentary disposition. See POENAE SECUNDARUM NUPTIARUM.
nuptial
adj. Of or relating to marriage.
postnuptial agreement
An agreement entered into after marriage defining each spouse's property rights in the event of death or divorce. - Also termed postnuptial settlement. Cf. PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.
prenuptial agreement
An agreement made before marriage usu. to resolve issues of support and property division if the marriage ends in divorce or by the death of a spouse. - Also termed antenuptial agreement; antenuptial contract; premarital agreement; premarital contract; marriage settlement. - Sometimes shortened to prenup. See SETTLEMENT (2). Cf. POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENT.
prenuptial gift
A gift of property from one spouse to another before marriage. ( In community-property states, prenuptial gifts are often made to preserve the property's classification as separate property. - Also termed antenuptial gift.
prenuptial will
. A will executed before marriage. ( At common law, marriage automatically revoked a spouse's will, but modern statutes usu. provide that marriage does not revoke a will (although divorce does). Unif Probate Code ยง 2-508. -Also termed antenuptial will