Before revision: 240px|Illustration from Tacuinum Sanitatis, a medieval handbook on wellness In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the consummation of a marriage, often called simply consummation, is the first (or first officially credited ) act of sexual intercourse between two people, following their marriageto each other .
After revision: 240px|Illustration from Tacuinum Sanitatis, a medieval handbook on wellness In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the consummation of a marriage, often called simply consummation, is the first officially credited act of sexual intercourse in a heterosexual marriage .