(a.) Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first part addresses the issues surrounding the antenuptial agreement, while the second will be concerned with divorce along with the theories of distribution of marital assets.
Postnuptial
Definition:
(a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the long-day group, prolactin levels rose abruptly over the first 20 days, as the testes developed, and remained high well into postnuptial moult after the gonads had regressed.
(2) The testes of most male male of group 3 developed to full size immediately after the termination of the first postnuptial moult; subsequently they remained active for at least 7 months.
(3) Furthermore, they carried out a postnuptial molt, indicating that they have been able to terminate photorefractoriness under these LD schedules.
(4) Subsequently they carried out a complete postnuptial moult.
(5) The structure of the Sertoli cell and its physical relationship with the germ cells was studied in laboratory maintained skinks, Eumeces laticeps (Schneider) in January, and September, corresponding to the periods of prenuptial and postnuptial spermatogenesis respectively.
(6) However, ovariectomy performed in November suppressed the maximum levels of prolactin produced by long-day stimulation and inhibited or disturbed postnuptial molt.
(7) In captive Harris' sparrows (Zonotrichia querula), plasma and blood volume increased significantly during stages 2 and 3 of postnuptial molt, when extensive feather replacement was taking place in the wings, tail and body tracts.
(8) In the following spring, all male male went through a full cycle of testicular size which was followed by a second postnuptial moult.
(9) During eclipse, the period (June and July) immediately following postnuptial molt, the production of short chain acyl groups is severely curtailed and longer chain acyl groups become the dominant components; after this period the composition reverts.
(10) The observed disappearance of the short chain waxes during the postnuptial period is similar to that in males.
(11) During the heavy postnuptial molt when the birds were fasting, in both species and sexes, marked but separate peaks in plasma T4 and T3 levels occurred concurrently with the initial growth of the new feathers, and with the subsequent shedding of the old plumage, respectively.
(12) In 6 male male of groups 1 and 2, a small increase of testicular size was observed subsequent to the termination of the first postnuptial moult.
(13) It is suggested that castration does not interfere with long-day-induced vernal fat deposition via reduced secretion of prolactin in the absence of ovarian hormones or via supernormal secretion of LH, but that vernal fat deposition, prolactin secretion, and postnuptial molt require the presence of ovarian hormones prior to photostimulation.
(14) In adults, recrudescence occurred in many individuals during the prenuptial and postnuptial moults, and also in most if not all individuals, of both sexes, for a brief period during a breeding session.
(15) Thus, green turtles do not exhibit the "postnuptial" type of testis cycle typical of many temperate-zone turtles, and the levels of plasma androgen may be important for initiating and maintaining sex behavior, although they are not tightly linked during the mating season.