contract a marriage

"The question is whether the man contracted a valid marriage with the mother of his son."

He contracted a second marriage, which was dissolved after a few weeks by his wife.

He contracted a beneficial marriage, and had a daughter through it.

After a courtship, they contracted a marriage that was to last 32 years.

She would not contract a marriage that she wasn't certain could be for life.

Before long she had become pregnant by one man and contracted an almost meaningless marriage with another.

Slaves, as such, could not contract a legal marriage, but if freed were then subject to the general rules.

In 1911, under English law, the earliest age at which a girl could contract a valid marriage was 12; boys had to be 14.

To see only one bird, you will contract a desirable and wealthy marriage.