Category: Consent, Boundaries & Sexual Violence

Postnuptial: Meaning, Marriage Agreements, Finances, and Consent

Postnuptial means arranged after marriage and most commonly describes an agreement concerning property, debt, inheritance, support, or separation.

Annul means to officially declare something invalid. In marriage law, it refers to treating a marriage as legally invalid or voidable.

Marry means to become another person’s spouse or to conduct a marriage ceremony. It may also mean combining two ideas or qualities closely.

Wedding means the ceremony or celebration in which people marry and may include legal, religious, cultural, social, and intimate expectations.

Wed means to marry or join two people in marriage. It is a formal alternative to marry and may also mean combining two ideas or qualities closely.

Married means joined to another person through marriage and may describe a person, couple, relationship, legal status, or shared married life.

Fiancée traditionally means a woman engaged to be married and describes her relationship during the period before marriage.

Fiancé traditionally means a man engaged to be married, though some people now use it as a gender-neutral term for an engaged partner.

Boyfriend means a male romantic partner and may describe a casual, exclusive, long-term, sexual, or nonsexual dating relationship.

Husband means a man who is married and may describe his legal, emotional, domestic, romantic, and intimate role within marriage.