HANDFASTING (A.S. handfcestnung, pledging one's hand)

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HANDFASTING (A.S. handfcestnung, pledging one's hand) , primarily the O. Eng. synonym for betrothal (q.v.), and later a

peculiar

PECULIAR

form of temporary

marriage

MARRIAGE

at one

time

common in

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- RICHARD
  _WILLIAM_1815189.html">CHURCH,
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  WILLIAM
  (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD
  WILLIAM
  (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

, the only necessary ceremony being the verbal pledge of the couple while holding hands. The pair thus handfasted were, in accordance with Scotch law, entitled to live together for a year and a day. If then they so wished, the temporary

marriage

MARRIAGE

could be made permanent; if not, they could go their several ways without reproach, the child, if any, being supported
by the party who objected to further cohabitation.

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