RotK, Appendix A, v.
Elrond to Aragorn:
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You shall neither have wife, nor bind any woman to you in troth, until your time comes and you are found worthy of it… But I do not speak of my daughter alone. You shall be betrothed to no man’s child as yet…
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Albeit conditional and, as it turned out, temporary, it is still an injunction. Only if Aragorn is found worthy, will Elrond allow the “bitter parting” between he and his daughter.