Casamento rato e não consumado

01:13 May 25, 2013
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Portuguese term or phrase: Casamento rato e não consumado
On a marriage dissolution, what is the best way to translate this expression to english?
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5Formal but unconsummated marriage
papier
4failed and unconsummated marriage
Katherine Fischer


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failed and unconsummated marriage


Explanation:
Noronha's Legal Dictionary by Durval de Noronha Goyos Jr., Observador Legal Editora, 1994

Katherine Fischer
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Formal but unconsummated marriage


Explanation:
"Rato" is something that is legally signed or fully recognized by a social group or a culture _ as it has been very well remarked above by Luciano.
I would change the "e" into "mas" because formally married people facing such situation usually ask their marriage to be annulated. The word "rato" makes all the sense once it does not refer to a common law marriage which status is recognized by legislation in many US states.

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