A wedlease is a proposed type of
marital
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
contract in which two spouses agree to a marriage of limited duration for a set period of time with renewal options.
The concept and term were introduced by a 2013 opinion piece in ''
The Washington Post''.
It has since been discussed in numerous other publications. In 2011, lawmakers of
Mexico City proposed introducing marriage contracts that lasted two years in order to assess compatibility and cut divorce rates.
See also
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Handfasting (Neopaganism)
Handfasting is a traditional practice that, depending on the term's usage, may define an unofficiated wedding (in which a couple marries without an officiant, usually with the intent of later undergoing a second wedding with an officiant), a ...
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Marriage of convenience
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Nikah Misyar, in Sunni Islam
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Nikah mut‘ah
''Nikah mut'ah'' ar, نكاح المتعة, nikāḥ al-mutʿah, literally "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage or Sigheh ( fa, صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Tw ...
, in Shia Islam
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Probationary marriage in Scotland
Handfasting is a traditional practice that, depending on the term's usage, may define an unofficiated wedding (in which a couple marries without an officiant, usually with the intent of later undergoing a second wedding with an officiant), a ...
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Sponsalia de futuro
''Sponsalia de futuro'' (or ''sponsalia pro futuro'', also stipulatio sponsalitia) was a Canon form of engagement used by medieval rulers in cases when one or both future spouses were minors. It was seen as a precursor to valid marriage. In order ...
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Types of marriages
References
Living arrangements
Temporary marriages
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