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| The concept of '''servile marriage''' covers marriage whereby a woman may be promised and/or given in marriage without her consent. | |||
| A useful definition of this concept derives from Article 1(c) of the [[1956 Slavery Convention|1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, | |||
| and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery]], and reads as follows: | |||
| <blockquote>(i) A woman, without the right to refuse, is promised or given in marriage on payment of a consideration in money or in kind to her parents, guardian, family or any other person or group; or<br /><br /> | |||
| (ii) The husband of a woman, his family, or his clan, has the right to transfer her to another person for value received or otherwise; or <br /><br /> | |||
| (iii) A woman on the death of her husband is liable to be inherited by another person; | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
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