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单词 marriage licence
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Definition of marriage licence in English:

marriage licence

noun
British
  • A licence which couples must obtain before getting married, except in civil marriage by certificate or church marriage authorized by the publication of banns.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The applicants in that case went to the High Court, by way of a test case, seeking a decision as to whether same-sex couples could lawfully obtain a marriage licence.
    • But the Supreme Judicial Court stopped short of ordering that marriage licences be issued to seven gay couples who challenged the law.
    • Danes under the age of 24 who want to marry non-nationals will have to meet set criteria before a marriage licence will be granted.
    • One day David sneaks Nancy out of her boarding school to get a marriage licence at the local courthouse.
    • Members of the public can't ask to look at the register, but they can get a copy of a marriage licence for £7 and the more details they have the better.
    • Some churches fear their right to deny people a marriage licence will be stripped.
    • The couple returned from their honeymoon to find their marriage licence wasn't completed and they weren't actually married.
    • Inspired by talk of love and romance in the run up to Valentine's Day, they have decided to apply for a civil marriage licence.
    • It said that denying marriage licences to same-sex couples violated anti-discrimination laws.
    • She already had a marriage licence to marry Neal.
    • The bogus bride who tried to marry Toby at York register office in a sham wedding, was fined £150 by York magistrates for lying under oath to get a marriage licence.
    • Baptism, marriage licence, and the christening of his children aside, we know nothing of Shakespeare's life until September 1592, when Robert Greene attacked him in print.
    • Lesbians and gays took the challenge to the Big Apple yesterday, with hundreds of couples lined up at city hall, demanding marriage licences.
    • The three largest provinces in Canada are granting same-sex marriage licences.
    • On 27 November 1582, the clerk noted in the Episcopal Register of the Diocese of Worcester the application for a special marriage licence inter Willelmum Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton.
    • While genuine elopements are now rare, the local registry office, which charges £148 for a marriage licence, now injects around £500,000 a year into the local economy.
    • She made the decision after hearing from five gay and lesbian couples who were denied marriage licences in the province.
 
 
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