To constitute a legalbetrothment the mere consent of the parties did not suffice.
The act consisted of two distinct parts, intervened by the lapse of a certain time, the betrothment and the nuptials.
Since the third century it was regarded as improper to effect a betrothment without a previous engagement.
The betrothment could be dissolved only through death or a formal bill of divorce.
And it is well known that in ancient times the ceremony of betrothment conferred the marriage tie, though not the nuptials, so that the union of the parties was thenceforth firm in the eye of the law itself.
The circumstances of this betrothment were somewhat extraordinary.
He was also to restore to Philip the fortresses and estates which had been conveyed to his father as Alice's dowry at the time of her betrothment to Richard in her infancy.
But, although Richard's regard for the sacred season of Lent would not allow of his celebrating the marriage, he made a grand celebration in honor of his betrothment to Berengaria before he sailed.
Wharton was fully aware of the disgust that Maria Theresa had taken to Don Carlos; likewise of her romantic prepossession for the person and manners of Louis, and of the Empress's design to hasten the betrothment on this account.
She resolved to harass them on one object, and to disappoint them in the other; and while she countermanded the preparations for the betrothment of her daughter, she hurried every arrangement for the marriage of her favourite.
His betrothment to Reb Lippe's daughter was still the subject of negotiation, and there were said to be serious obstacles in the way.
It was four months after his daughter's betrothment to the Talmudist had been celebrated by a solemn ceremony and a sumptuous feast, the wedding having been set for a later date.
You may be glad that your foolish juvenilebetrothment is at an end; it now behoves you no longer to befool yourself with fancies.
This betrothment of children, and all their other miserable arts, shall not save them.
Her early betrothment to King Erik Christopherson had been one of the conditions of his release from Nordborg Castle, after he was taken prisoner in the war with Duke Waldemar's father.
Her betrothment to the Danish crown-prince was concluded by a written document, but the public announcement of this alliance was to be deferred for a few years.
He was more frightened than anybody at the moment the owl cried, on your betrothment night, when you fancied that Nipen had carried off Oddo.
The occasion, on the particular January day mentioned above, was the betrothment of one of the house-maidens to a young farm-servant of the establishment.
In Norway, this betrothment gives the couple a certain dignity beyond that of the unengaged, and more liberty of companionship, together with certain rights in law.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betrothment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: banns; engagement; espousal; troth
