Marriage requires the consent of both parties and a gift by the groom of a dowry to the bride, as well as the presence of the bride's father or guardian ( wali ) and of two witnesses.

Because of the recent death of the bride's father, Frederick B. Hamm, the marriage of Miss Terry Hamm to John Bruce Parichy will be a small one at noon tomorrow in St. Bernadine's church, Forest Park.

This meaning survived into the early nineteenth century: during a case heard in London in 1824 regarding the legal validity of a marriage ceremony consisting of nothing more than the groom placing a ring on the bride's finger before witnesses, a court official commented that the ceremony " amounted to nothing more than a broomstick marriage, which the parties had it in their power to dissolve at will.

The groom recites " Harei at mekudeshet li k ' dat Moshe V ' Yisrael "- " behold you are sanctified to me by the law of Moses and Israel " as he places the ring on the bride's right index finger.

Although women were required to wear veils in many churches through at least the 19th century, the resurgence of the wedding veil as a symbol of the bride, and its use even when not required by the bride's religion, coincided with societal emphasis on women being modest and well-behaved.

However, the unexpected death of Otto III in 1002 and the reorientation of the Holy Roman Empire politics by his successor Henry II, the wedding is delayed until 1012, when Bolesław I demanded the wedding and sent his son to Germany with gifts to his bride's family, who at that time quarreled with Henry II for Mathilde's dowry.

His marriage to the widowed Lady Grey took place secretly and though the date is not accepted as exactly accurate is traditionally said to have taken place ( with only the bride's mother and two ladies in attendance ) at her family home in Northamptonshire on 1 May 1464, just over three years after he had taken the English throne subsequent to leading the Yorkists in an overwhelming victory over the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton.

Here, rather than the virginity of the bride's veil, modesty of the Muslim scarf or the piety of the nun's headdress, the mysterious veil hints at sensuality and the unknown.

George Wolfe, at the house of the bride's father.

The rite of the bride's oiling the posts of the door of her new home with wolf fat at her arrival, though not mentioning Janus explicitly, is a rite of passage related to the ianua.

Nelson, a non-practicing Protestant, received instruction in Catholicism at the insistence of the bride's parents, and signed a pledge to have any children of the union baptized in the Catholic faith.

The bride's father and stepmother were not at the ceremony, though her half-sister Sandrine Roussel was invited.

The bride's hair was ritually styled in " six tresses " ( seni crines ), and she was veiled until uncovered by her husband at the end of the ceremony, a ritual of surrendering her virginity to him.

It is possible that the Homeric " bride-price " is part of a reciprocal exchange of gifts between the prospective husband and the bride's father, but while gift exchange is a fundamental practice of aristocratic friendship and hospitality, it occurs rarely, if at all, in connection with marriage arrangements.

It contrasts with bride price, which is paid by the groom or his family to the bride's parents, and with dower, which is property given to the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage.

Andrew Johnson, aged 18, married Eliza McCardle, aged 16, on May 17, 1827, at the home of the bride's mother in Greeneville.

Weddings last three days and are first held at the bride's family's home.

Howard's brother Clint Howard can be seen as a wedding guest, identified by Candy's character as the bride's brother and yelled at by Hanks.

Both Hoover and Lou Henry were aged 24 when they married on February 10, 1899, at the home of the bride's parents in Monterey, California.

The marriage was agreed upon by his mother, and the bride's small dowry set at 80, 000 livres.

Although passionate at first, the marriage soon proved unhappy because of the young bride's débaucherie.

Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower, aged 25, married Mamie Doud, aged 19, on July 1, 1916, at the home of the bride's parents in Denver, Colorado.

On October 4, 1905, Coolidge ( age 33 ) married Grace Goodhue ( age 26 ) at the home of the bride's parents at 312 Maple Street in Burlington.

Wilson, aged 28, married Ellen, aged 25, on June 24, 1885, at the home of the bride's paternal grandfather in Savannah, Georgia.

This is the essence of the Veddha marriage and is symbolic of the bride's acceptance of the man as her mate and life partner.

Now rare, it is also known as a left-handed marriage because in the wedding ceremony the groom traditionally held his bride's right hand with his left hand instead of his right.

Ancestral descent is traced through the mother, and, traditionally, a young couple moved into the bride's parents ' lodge.

Bridal Veil Falls, Bridalveil Falls or Bridalveil Fall is a frequently-used name for waterfalls that observers fancy resemble a bride's veil:

Sacrifice was offered to Tellus on the bride's behalf ; a sow is the most likely victim.

Usually, in the " white wedding " model, the bride's dress is bought specifically for the wedding, and is not in a style that could be worn for any subsequent events.

Today, Western brides frequently wear white, cream, or ivory dresses for any number of marriages ; the color of the dress is not a comment on the bride's sexual history.

In time the wheat-grains came to be cooked into thin dry biscuits, which were broken over the bride's head, as is the custom in Scotland today, an oatmeal cake being used.

The bride's wreath is a Christian substitute for the gilt coronet all Jewish brides wore.

The bride's veil is the modern form of the flammeum or large yellow veil that completely enveloped the Greek and Roman brides during the ceremony.

The Catholic bride's dress is characterized by its picturesque effects and harmony.

Traditionally the groom moves to the bride's family home ( matrilocality ), but newlyweds may decide to live with either family depending on which household is most in need of labour.

It is paid by the groom's family to the bride's family.

A " dowry killing " occurs when a new wife is murdered by her husband or in-laws if they are unhappy with her, rather than sending her back to her parents, which would force the in-laws to return the dowry to the bride's parents.

The bride's silence and acceptance of the ring signify her agreement to the marriage.

The protection of the bride or daughter is handed over by the father to the bridegroom during the Panigrahan ceremony or the acceptance of the bride's hands.

However, in true Viz style, the wedding featured a lecherous groom marrying his pregnant ( and significantly underaged ) girlfriend, eyeing up her younger sister while being called a " cradle-snatching cunt " by her father ( with the resulting fight prompting the bride's mother to cry out " less it, for fuck's sake " before the police arrived ).