Levirate marriage

Obligatory marriage between a widow and a brother of the deceased

Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his widowed sister-in-law. Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage (i.e. marriage outside the clan) is forbidden.

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