CONSUMMATION OF MARRIAGE

By SovConn | June 15, 2014

consummation of marriage.Family law. The first postmarital act of sexual intercourse between a husband and wife. • Under canon law, a refusal to consummate the marriage may be grounds for an annulment or for divorce. But this is not so at common law or under modern state law. [Blacks Law 8th]

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