Marriage by proxy, such as that which might occur with a prisoner, a dead partner for inheritance reasons, or between those separated by deployment, is called:

a. delayed marriage.
b. group marriage.
c. primate marriage.
d. approximate marriage.
e. fictive marriage.


ANSWER: e

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