prenuptial agreement

English

Etymology

From prenuptial +‎ agreement.

Noun

prenuptial agreement (plural prenuptial agreements)

1. A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.
   • 2001 July 7, Tamar Lewin, “Among Nuptial Agreements, Post- Has Now Joined Pre-”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Not so long ago, prenuptial agreements raised eyebrows. What hope was there for a marriage, the thinking went, if even before the wedding the couple were specifying who gets what in case of divorce?

   • 2023 May 10, Phillip Galanes, “My Boyfriend Wants a Prenup. Can I Say No?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Last week, he said we should get married and that he wants a prenuptial agreement.

Synonyms

• antenuptial agreement
• premarital agreement
• prenup, prenuptial

Translations

document stating legal claims upon a divorce

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婚前協議／婚前协议 (hūnqián xiéyì), 婚前協議書／婚前协议书 (hūnqián xiéyìshū)

• Danish: ægtepagt
• Dutch: huwelijksvoorwaarden (nl) f pl
• Finnish: avioehto (fi)
• French: contrat de mariage (fr) m
• German: Ehevertrag (de) m
• Greek: προγαμιαία συμφωνία f (progamiaía symfonía)
• Icelandic: kaupmáli (is) m
• Italian: convenzione matrimoniale f
• Japanese: 婚前契約 (こんぜんけいやく, konzen keiyaku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: intercyza (pl) f
• Portuguese: acordo pré-nupcial m
• Russian: бра́чный догово́р m (bráčnyj dogovór), бра́чный контра́кт m (bráčnyj kontrákt)
• Spanish: capitulaciones matrimoniales f pl, acuerdo prenupcial m
• Swedish: äktenskapsförord (sv) n
• Turkish: evlilik sözleşmesi
• Ukrainian: шлю́бний до́говір m (šljúbnyj dóhovir)
• Vietnamese: hôn ước (vi)

Further reading

• prenuptial agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia