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Is a husband entitled to request a medical certificate proving the intactness of his wife's hymen before consummation?

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A husband does not have the right to demand proof of his wife's virginity, because the default is soundness and the intactness of the hymen. He may stipulate her virginity, and if it becomes apparent after consummating the marriage that she is not a virgin, he then has the right to annul the marriage. The loss of virginity does not necessarily mean that the woman has committed adultery, as there are many causes for it other than intercourse, such as menstruation, a fall, or jumping.

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