Conjugal And Jugal Marriage Analysis

Marriage can be defined as formal/ legal act of a man and a woman/ same sex, who are partners in relationship this union includes a sexual relationship, also may include other components such as ritual, permanence, contractual and legal acts. I am to discuss the conjugal and jugal definitions of marriages in reference to 3 sources or case studies. I will elaborate on these by using the sources to help understand the context and to see if the conjugal or jugal definitions are the definitions that best describe suitable to define the concept of marriage or if it is fit to say that conjugal and jugal definition of marriages define or cover all forms of marriage.

Conjugal definition of marriage A Conjugal marriage is a marriage described to have physical or sexual relationship which also legitimises children and also be defined as anything done in a marriage to keep it going. Three marital elements:
Stable mated relationship
In the customary law many transaction are necessarily made to create a marriage. When the bohadi is payed then the children are considered to be the man’s children even if the woman has died a levirate will be shown that that bohadi was payed for her therefore they are the payees children. Marriage in this instance is not considered as a once off payment but a continuous which remains outstanding for many years (affinity never ends which is in regards to Lesotho tradition). In regards to the customary law, a marriage is valid when there is an agreement between the parties and the transfer of some bohadi cattle has happened, what is important is a formal recognition of the union by both families concerned or else it would not be a marriage. As shown this is different to that of Gough and Murdock, as they very well did not touch on the validity of a marriage through any of property