consummation of marriag

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CONSUMMATION OF MARRIAGE. The first time that the husband and wife cohabit 
together, after the ceremony of marriage has been performed, is thus called. 
     2. The marriage, when otherwise legal, is complete without this; for it 
is a maxim of law, borrowed from the civil, law, that consensus, non 
concubitus, facit nuptias. Co. Litt. 33; Dig. 50, 17, 30; 1 Black. Com. 434. 
    

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