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husband

vr.tr.husband · SOC.PER

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

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

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.

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.

What it is for: A spousal role in marriage.

It can be explain legal rights and duties in general terms; present cultural and historical variation; distinguish husband from partner and cohabitant; route personal questions to professionals.

Distinguishing features

Marital status

Legal rights and duties

Cultural and historical variation

Includes husbands in same-sex marriages

What it looks like

Not a physical object; a person in a marital role.

How it is recognised

Married man in relation to his spouse

Legal status created by marriage

Unmarried partners and cohabitants hold different legal positions

Related models

is a kind of - the marital role

spouse

is related to - the counterpart role

wife

is created by - the legal act

marriage

is regulated by - rights and duties

family law

In practice

Families and kinds

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

Standards and regulation

Marriage and family law of each jurisdiction

Property, inheritance and tax rules for spouses

Domestic abuse law

Recognition of same-sex marriage where enacted

Failure modes and hazards

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

Also called

adopted son-in-lawwife-beaterfemale husbandnephew-in-lawcommon-law husbandprince consortco-brother-in-lawKnight Escort Lieutenantking consortson-in-lawPrince Consort of PortugalPrince Consort of the Netherlandshusband of sister of husbandefuKing Consort of Sicily

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.husband

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Role What the role is.

Definition.

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.

Law.

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.

Society.

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.

Context.

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

What the second pass must settle

  • 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