Marriage of convenience
Marriage for practical reasons (not love) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as a political marriage. Cases where those married do not intend to live together as a couple, and typically married only for one of them to gain the right to reside in a country, are considered to be sham marriages. In many cultures, it is usual for parents to decide their adult children's marriages; this is called an arranged marriage.
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Marriages of convenience that are sham, and arranged marriages that are forced, are against the law in many jurisdictions.[1]