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marriage

vr.tr.marriage · thing-q8445

Let an agent handle marriage as a legal status with conditions, recognition, rights and dissolution, and describe forms such as monogamy and polygamy neutrally with their legal status.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Validity Is it valid.

Conditions

Age, consent, capacity.

Conditions

Legal conditions.

  1. Were the legal conditions for marriage met? boundary
  2. Under which law? provenance

Form

Civil, religious, customary.

Form

Form of marriage.

  1. Which form of marriage is this, and is it legally recognised here? boundary
  2. Was it registered? provenance
Rights Legal effects.

Effects

Property, inheritance, children.

Effects

Legal effects.

  1. Which rights and duties arise? definition
  2. Which property regime applies? provenance

Recognition

Abroad.

Recognition

Cross-border recognition.

  1. Is this marriage recognised in another country? boundary
  2. What documents are needed? action
Dissolution Ending it.

Divorce

Process.

Divorce

Divorce rules.

  1. How can the marriage be dissolved here? definition
  2. What happens to property and children? boundary

Annulment

Invalidity.

Annulment

Grounds for annulment.

  1. On what grounds can it be annulled? boundary
  2. Who decides? provenance
Safeguarding Consent and protection.

Consent

Forced marriage.

Consent

Signs of coercion.

  1. Are there signs that consent was not free? boundary
  2. Was either party a child? boundary

Help

Support.

Support

Where to get help.

  1. Where can someone at risk get help? action
  2. What emergency contact applies? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
polygamy, Mormonism and polygamy, Polygamy in Guinea, polyandry, Polygamy in Syria, polygyny, Polygamy in Islam, Polygamy in Nigeria, polygamy in Afghanistan, polygamy in Botswana, polygamy in Cameroon, Polygamy in Christianity

What it is Filled

A legally or socially recognised union between people that establishes rights and obligations between them, their children and their families, whose forms and conditions vary by law, religion and culture.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle marriage as a legal status with conditions, recognition, rights and dissolution, and describe forms such as monogamy and polygamy neutrally with their legal status.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A legal status, not only a ceremony
  • Conditions include age and consent
  • Forms and recognition differ between jurisdictions
  • Polygamous marriages are lawful in some states and not others

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Assist in forced or child marriage.
  • Disclose a person's marital status without a lawful basis.
  • Judge or mock forms of marriage recognised by law or faith.
  • Give personal legal advice on divorce or property.

Only with a human decision

  • Any legal step on marriage or divorce.

May

  • Explain marriage law and customs in general terms with sources.
  • Report recorded marriages only from registers it may lawfully access.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Marriage requires the free consent of both parties.
  • Marital status affects rights, and its disclosure can expose people.

Who is affected

  • Spouses
  • Children
  • Families

Owners Filled

Steward

The spouses themselves; the civil registrar records it.

Master systems

  • Civil registers of marriages

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1190554 - registry parent class
  • Q17853087 - registry parent class
  • Q736922 - registry parent class

related

  • wedding - ceremony
  • family law - rules
  • divorce - dissolution
  • civil partnership - related status

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.marriage
  • Wikidata: Q8445 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8445)
  • marriage registration number: jurisdiction-specific civil record

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Marriage certificate
  • Civil register entry
  • Recognition documents for foreign marriages
  • A status, shown by certificates and registers; celebrated in weddings.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • enter it, through a legally valid wedding
  • register and prove it
  • have it recognised abroad
  • dissolve it, by divorce or annulment

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Forced and child marriage
  • Unrecognised marriages leaving people without rights
  • Sham marriages for immigration fraud

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National family law
  • UDHR Article 16 on free and full consent
  • Conventions on consent and minimum age for marriage
  • Private international law on recognition

Context of use required Filled

  • Forming families and defining legal and social relationships.
  • civil marriage
  • religious marriage
  • same-sex marriage where lawful
  • polygamous forms: polygyny, polyandry
  • customary marriage

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q8445: marriage - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Marriage - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should forms of marriage be separate entries with legal status by jurisdiction?
  • How should recognition across jurisdictions be modelled?
  • How should agents respond to signs of forced marriage?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8445/spec.json