Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chattel marriage


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 22:29, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Chattel marriage

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There is no evidence that 'chattel marriage' is used in any field of study as a term to define a specific type of marriage, rather than the word 'chattel' being used to describe the condition of women in different, specific types of marriage that have existing articles (i.e. coverture). The article itself is virtually unsourced and the sources it does cite do not actually use the term 'chattel marriage', so are irrelevant. Arianna the First (talk) 14:01, 4 November 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:36, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:57, 13 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per nominator --JumpLike23 (talk) 12:42, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. This was a thing that existed, but it was called different things in legal history. I'm not certain that an encyclopedia article could be created, but we should allow for some time for it to be rescued, perhaps a few more days. Bearian (talk) 17:49, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete/Redirect to Coverture per nom. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 23:16, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.