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husband

vr.tr.husband · thing-q212878

Let an agent explain the role of husband in legal and social terms, relay marriage law in general terms from official sources, present cultural and historical variation with attribution, and route personal legal or relationship questions to professionals and support services.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Role What the role is.

Definition

Definition and status.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a husband in legal and social terms, and how does the status arise and end? definition
  2. Is the user in danger or describing abuse, which must be routed to support services first? boundary

Variation

Cultural variation.

Variation

Variation.

  1. How does the role vary across cultures, religions and legal systems, with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of stereotypes? boundary
Law Rights and duties.

Rights

Rights and duties.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What rights and duties attach to husbands in a given jurisdiction, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own marriage, which needs a lawyer? boundary

Change

Legal change.

Change

Change.

  1. How have laws on the husband role changed, including same-sex marriage and equality reforms? provenance
  2. Which entry fits marriage law? action
Family Family and relationships.

Roles

Roles in the family.

Roles

Roles.

  1. What do studies say about the division of roles in marriages, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Support

Support services.

Support

Support.

  1. What relationship and domestic abuse support services exist? provenance
  2. Which entry fits domestic abuse support? action
History History and study.

History

History of the role.

History

History.

  1. How has the role of husband changed historically, including legal privileges now abolished? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Institutions

Unusual institutions.

Institutions

Institutions.

  1. What is known about institutions such as female husbands in customary law, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which entry fits kinship studies? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
adopted son-in-law, wife-beater, female husband, nephew-in-law, common-law husband, prince consort, co-brother-in-law, Knight Escort Lieutenant, king consort, son-in-law, Prince Consort of Portugal, Prince Consort of the Netherlands

What it is Filled

A man who is married, in relation to his spouse; the role carries legal rights and duties that vary by jurisdiction, including in property, inheritance, parental responsibility and support, and its meaning has changed with the recognition of same-sex marriage, the decline of legal privileges attached to the role, and the diversity of family forms.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain the role of husband in legal and social terms, relay marriage law in general terms from official sources, present cultural and historical variation with attribution, and route personal legal or relationship questions to professionals and support services.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Marital status
  • Legal rights and duties
  • Cultural and historical variation
  • Includes husbands in same-sex marriages

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present one legal system or culture's idea of a husband as universal.
  • Reinforce stereotypes about gender roles in marriage as natural or required.
  • Give personal legal advice on divorce, property or custody in place of a lawyer.
  • Help a husband monitor, control or track a spouse without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Any legal step in marriage, separation or custody matters.

May

  • Explain the legal rights and duties of a husband in a named jurisdiction, citing sources.
  • Describe how the role differs between legal systems, cultures and family forms.
  • Route anyone who discloses domestic abuse to appropriate support services.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Marriage roles affect people's rights, safety and money, often unequally.
  • Domestic abuse is common and agents must not enable coercive control.

Who is affected

  • Spouses
  • Children of the marriage
  • People in same-sex and diverse families

Owners Filled

Steward

The person himself; the civil registry records the marriage.

Master systems

  • Civil registration of marriages

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1196129 - registry parent class
  • Q84048850 - registry parent class

related

  • spouse - the marital role
  • wife - the counterpart role
  • marriage - the legal act
  • family law - rights and duties

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.husband
  • Wikidata: Q212878 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212878)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Married man in relation to his spouse
  • Legal status created by marriage
  • Unmarried partners and cohabitants hold different legal positions
  • Not a physical object; a person in a marital role.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain legal rights and duties in general terms
  • present cultural and historical variation
  • distinguish husband from partner and cohabitant
  • route personal questions to professionals

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting one legal system or culture as universal
  • Stereotyping gender roles
  • Domestic abuse, which must be routed to support services
  • Agents giving personal legal advice

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Marriage and family law of each jurisdiction
  • Property, inheritance and tax rules for spouses
  • Domestic abuse law
  • Recognition of same-sex marriage where enacted

Context of use required Filled

  • A spousal role in marriage.
  • husbands in different-sex and same-sex marriages
  • common-law husbands where recognised
  • consorts of reigning monarchs
  • husbands in customary and religious marriage
  • female husbands in some African customary traditions, a studied institution

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q212878: husband - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Husband - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should spouse be the primary entry?
  • How should family law be linked by country?
  • The registry entry has merged an abusive alias and unrelated kinship terms; they should be removed or split off

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q212878/spec.json