Marital property
* can include possessions, real property and money.
* consists of assets acquired during the marriage.
* exists regardless of how title is held.
* includes jointly and most separately owned assets acquired during a marriage.
* is property acquired during the marriage except that acquired by gift or bequest
  - subject to division upon dissolution of marriage
  - the real and personal property of all married persons

### marital status:

Civil union
* are essentially a mirror image of marriage
  - marital status
* is marital status

Matrimony
* celebrates the union of a man and woman where the community witness to their vows.
* helps men even as it thickens their waistlines.

Marker
* are artifacts
  - easily detectable pieces of DNA close to a gene
* are located in books
  - briefcases
  - desks
  - drawers
  - schools
  - molecules that leak from the heart into the blood when a heart attack occurs
  - pens
  - present in a patient's clinical blood sample
  - strands of proteins that act as road signs leading researchers to a gene in a sequence
  - symbols
  - the currency of power, and the only currency that counts
* are used for coloring
  - drawing
  - highlightings
  - writing
* facilitate identification.
* have an important role in multi-agent cooperation and learning.
* includes sections.
* is an artifact
* provide opportunity
  - unique opportunity
* show clear differentiations
  - genetic differentiations
* usually consist of some type of detectable variation in the nucleotide sequence.
  * A 'marker' writing device that allows a person to draw, write, or scribble. Ink comes out of the tip of the marker and onto the writing surface, commonly a piece of paper. Markers generally come in a variety of different colors.

### marker:

Biochemical marker
* Some biochemical markers show cell death
* can reveal the integrity of bone remodeling.

Bookmark
* Is a link to a specific location on a Web page.
* consists of the title and URL of a page.
* refers to a key related document.

Historical marker
* can help in determining potential hunting sites.
* come in a variety of shapes and formats.
* play an important role in preserving our heritage.

Microsatellite marker
* are gene products that can facilitate the mapping of genes.
* detect hypervariable regions of the genome.

### marker:

Molecular marker
* Most molecular markers are selectively neutral, some represent adaptively significant mutations.
* allow definite diagnosis and histogenetic classification of single tumor cells.
* are also useful
  - small DNA fragments located on chromosomes
  - typically fragments of DNA migrating in electrophoresis gels
* can also be extremely useful to aid the identification of biological material.
* have potential for increasing the efficiency of breeding programs.
* indicate rare sex in a predominantly asexual parasitoid wasp.

Permanent marker
* adhere to clear acetate and come in primary colors.
* can last through rain and even sunlight as long as the feathers last.
* contain harmful solvents.

Tumor marker
* are also useful in selected malignant conditions.
* are substances present in abnormal amounts in some people who have liver cancer
  - in some people who have pancreatic cancer
  - therefore powerful tools for guiding the course of cancer therapies

### market research:

Market analysis
* are marketing research.
* is market research
  - the foundation of a business sales and financial plans
  - used for determining targets for admissions and tracking performance