This matters, because the central part of the marriage is the plighting of thetrothbetween the two people.
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I understand that the young couple are soon to plight theirtroth.
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The thing which makes the marriage and makes it secure is the pledge between the people involved, with whatever exchange of troths they think reasonable in their own circumstances.
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There must be two sides in a war, and if you are going to recognise a state of belligerency you have to accord belligerent rights totrothsides.
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However, today the laiterie is now a private residence and the troths are rarely used.
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She hears the oaths and troths that men and women plight to each other.
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Trothis able to cure them and decides to remain as their healer.
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