civil marriage in English

noun
1
a marriage solemnized as a civil contract without religious ceremony.
Provisions in the Act govern civil marriages and require no religious ritual or ceremony of any kind.

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1. Bigamy, in civil marriage, is a crime in Malaysia

2. The Civil Marriage Amendment Bill 2016 was passed unanimously in Parliament.

3. Our civil marriage ceremony was both happy and sad, for we were married with an expiration date.

4. Did your Mexican ancestors tie the knot in Coahuila? Check these civil marriage registrations to find out

5. Did your Mexican ancestors tie the knot in Coahuila? Check these civil marriage registrations to find out

6. When that is to be done, it is best that this feature come soon after the civil marriage.

7. We Construe civil marriage to mean the voluntary union of two persons as spouses, to the exclusion of all others

8. The Clerk administers oaths to County officials, Judges and Governor appointees, issues business and marriage licenses and performs civil marriage ceremonies

9. A civil marriage is usually carried out before a government agent, and it may include both taking marriage vows and signing a registry.

10. The Celebrant may be a representative of a religious organisation (a religious marriage Celebrant) or someone providing non-religious weddings (a civil marriage Celebrant)

11. At the 2010 annual meeting, the ABA passed Resolution 111 urging every state, territorial, and tribal government to eliminate legal barriers to civil marriage between two persons of the same sex who are otherwise eligible to marry.