Martial Laws

== I - Arrangements ==
----(a) Arranagements for marriage must be in abidance to realistic standards, in short all marriages should be arranged in the agreement of both parties.
* (i) Terms must be set out in the long term
* (ii) Titles, agreements and other conditions must be agreed upon
(b) All marriages must be arranged with the Archpriest or another official priest of the state religion.(i) The only individual exempt to this rule is the Empress who is in fact considered a national diety.(c) Once all arrangements are met, the wedding must be publicised as either a public or a private ceremony.
(d) Any other arrangements concerning both parties involved in the marriage must be agreed with a priest.
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== II - Approval ==
----(a) Approval has to be sought by both parties. It is to be a joint agreement, it is recommended that nobles arrange beneficial marriages rather then have arisotcrats find suitors themselves.
(b) In defence of this, legal approval is required from the following listed below
* (i) The mother and father of the bride and groom
* (ii) The head of both houses being joint in marriage
* (iii) If an Imperial wedding, the approval of the Empress
(c) If you are not a noble, approval is not necessary from your head of house or parental figure and instead requires the approval of your intended.
(d) All marriages need to be approved by a priest of the state religion, this includes Imperial marriages.
(e) Aside from the Empress, all Imperial marriages must pass the approval of the Grand Dowager Empress directly as she is head of the Imperial Household.
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== III - Validity ==
----(a) For all marriages to be valid, they must be officialized by a Priest+ in the Yutemond state religion.(i) Anyone who is not a priest may not officialize a wedding, the only exemption to this rule is the Empress who is considered a diety.(b) Once a priest officalizes an Imperial wedding, the consort marrying the member of the Imperial dynasty is not allowed to remarry and will live the rest of their lives as Imperial Dowagers once their spouse dies.
(c) Divorce and any sort of anullments must be specified in the marriage arrangements discussed in the first section of this legislation and both parties who approved to the marriage require approval for divorce.(i) A Priest+ needs to officialize a divorce / anullment, this rule also applies to Imperial marriages.(d) Once a divorce is initiated, you can only remarry a divorce twice until it is forbidden by religious law.
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