antenuptial agreement

antenuptial agreement, defined:
a contract, usually formed prior to marriage, which determines the parties rights in matters of property division and support in the event of a divorce (dissolution of marriage). A antenuptial agreement goes by several different names: antenuptial agreement, prenuptial agreement and premarital agreement.
antenuptial agreement, as it might be used:
The wife and husband have a antenuptial agreement which entitles her to receive, upon the husband's death, the income from his investments.
antenuptial agreement may also be referred to as:
- prenuptial agreement
- premarital agreement
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