Period traditionally preceding marriage (9)

I believe the answer is:

courtship

(Other definitions for courtship that I've seen before include "judicial craft?" , "Wooing of a mate" , "Period of wooing" , "In prosecution of suit" , "romance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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