251, 52 Am. Rep. 325. —Marriage ceremony. The form, religious or civil, for the solemnization of a marriage. e consideration. The consideration furnished by an intended marriage of two persons. It is the highest consideration known to the law.—Marriage license. A license ot permission granted by public authority to persons who intend to intermarry. By statute in some jurisdictions, it is made an essential prerequisite to the lawful solemnization of the marriage.—Marriage-notice book. <A book kept, in England, by the registrar, in which applications for and issue of registrar’s licenses to mar ry are recorded..-Marriage portion. Dowry; a sum of money or other property which is given to or settled on a woman on her marriage. n re Croft, 162 Mass. 22, 37 N. E. 78&4.. Marriage promise. Setrothal; engagement to intermarry with another. aaa l v. Orr, 35. N. J. Law, 206.—Marriage settiement. A written agreement in the nature of a conveyance, called a “settlement,” which is made in contemplation of a proposed marriage and in consideration thereof, either by the parties about