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.

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

   2023 October 5, Phillip Galanes, “My Boyfriend Wants a Prenup. Can I Say No?”, in The New York Times

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   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?

   2001 July 7, Tamar Lewin, “Among Nuptial Agreements, Post- Has Now Joined Pre-”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: antenuptial agreement, premarital agreement, prenup, prenuptial