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Distinguish between : Marriage as sacrament and marriage as contract.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Systems of Kinship in India

The distinction is drawn from Hindu vivaha and Muslim nikah, but it is really a contrast about where a marriage's legitimacy sits — in a ritual act that transforms status, or in an agreement between competent parties. Neither Indian form sits purely at its pole, and a century of law has moved both to the…

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