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sham marriage

marriage of convenience entered into without intending to create a real marital relationship
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sham marriage

Summary

sham marriage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (575 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sham marriage is a type of marriage of convenience[2].
  • sham marriage is the opposite of paper divorce[3].
  • sham marriage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sham marriage[4].
  • sham marriage's immediate cause of is recorded as divorce[5].

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Definition and Type

sham marriage is a type of marriage of convenience[2]. It is the opposite of paper divorce[3].

Why It Matters

sham marriage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (575 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sham marriage. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sham-marriage
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sham-marriage_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sham marriage}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sham-marriage}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 18d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → marriage of convenience
    Subclass of → —
    Immediate cause of → divorce
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15762, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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