# wife selling in England

> English custom in the 17th–20th centuries that was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement, in which after parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband publicly auctions her to the highest bidder

**Wikidata**: [Q1994709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1994709)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_selling_(English_custom))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wife-selling-in-england


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