Il n'a pas ete fait de contract de mariage

English translation: no marriage (or pre-nuptial) agreement was made

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French term or phrase:	Il n'a pas ete fait de contract de mariage
English translation:	no marriage (or pre-nuptial) agreement was made
Entered by:	CLS Lexi-tech

11:41 Aug 8, 2001

French to English translations [PRO]
Law: Contract(s)

French term or phrase: Il n'a pas ete fait de contract de mariage

Hi All

I know this is a simple one but I am looking for confirmation. At the end of a marriage certificate, on the husband's side, it states:
- that he is the son of Mr X and Miss Y, son epouse.

It then goes on to say:

Contract de mariage: Il n'a pas ete fait de contract de mariage

I am to assuming that his parents were not married? then why 'son epouse' - am I just going mad?

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no marriage (or pre-nuptial) agreement was made

Explanation:
You're not going mad.
The parents were married, since there is talk of an épouse. But public records list the name of the husband and the maiden name of the mother (hence miss).
Contrat de mariage is a marriage agreement, or pre-nuptial agreement.
The marriage agreement is separate from the marriage itself: it only sets out certain rules as to the rights to both spouses properties in case things go wrong. You can be married without making such an agreement.

Selected response from:

VBaby
Local time: 21:45

Grading comment

Thank you. Well it will be a first if I am not going mad. Your explanation cleared things up for me. It now makes perfect sense.
Thank you again for your time.
Claire
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Summary of answers provided

na +2

no marriage (or pre-nuptial) agreement was made

VBaby

The mariage contract hasn't been made

pzulaica

Common law wife?

Alessandra Hall

No marital agreement was (ever) executed (or formed)

Chrystal

marriage without a contract

pzulaica

a premarital settlement was not made

Mats Wiman

marriage agreement

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

Answers

8 mins

The mariage contract hasn't been made

Explanation:
The direct translation is "The mariage contract hasn't been made"

pzulaica
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of:

Spanish

9 mins

Common law wife?

Explanation:
I wonder if it refers to the fact that they were husband and wife under local rules and customs, but had not gone through the civil marriage. Perhaps they were married in a church but had not celebrated the official civil marriage.

Alessandra Hall
United States
Local time: 16:45

10 mins

No marital agreement was (ever) executed (or formed)

Explanation:
No marital agreement was (ever) executed (or formed) -
this sounds a little more legal...

please don't forget to give the points if that helps you ;-)

merci,
Chrystal

Chrystal
Local time: 22:45

10 mins peer agreement (net): +2

no marriage (or pre-nuptial) agreement was made

VBaby
Local time: 21:45
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you. Well it will be a first if I am not going mad. Your explanation cleared things up for me. It now makes perfect sense.
Thank you again for your time.
Claire

13 mins

marriage without a contract

Explanation:
In some countries when two people live together and have children and pretty much live like a marriage but without a contract or a licence they are considered like a marriage "in fact" or something like that, I don't know maybe that is what it means, they treat them as spouses even though they are not legally married...

pzulaica
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of:

Spanish

13 mins

a premarital settlement was not made

Explanation:
contrat de mariage=premarital settlement

Norstedts+MW

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 22:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish

10 hrs

marriage agreement

Explanation:
Good choice in my opinion. The existence, the "making" on the ontrcat is what is important here. Whilst it is true that "execute" (or indeed "drawn up") sound more legal, it would the emphasis on the signing of the agreement rather than on the fact that it exists.

FYI, in France, if a couple does not have a marriage contract, then basically, if things go wrong, it's 50/50 no questions asked, in spite of what each party brought before marrying and built in terms of assets/liabilities during the marriage. In the case of France, I would avoid using "pre-nuptial" agreement as a contract can be drawn up at any time.

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 22:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 172

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