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Marriage in Scotland — is between a man and a woman. Civil partnerships became available to same sex couples in December 2005 and grant rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage. Contents 1 Eligibility 2 Marriage procedures 3 Irregular and common law… … Wikipedia
marriage — mar·riage / mar ij/ n 1: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2: the ceremony… … Law dictionary
irregular — irregular, anomalous, unnatural mean outside the sphere of what conforms to or is explainable by law, rule, custom, or principle. Irregular implies failure to conform to a rule, a law, or a pattern, especially to one imposed for the sake of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
irregular — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English irreguler, from Anglo French, from Late Latin irregularis not in accordance with rule, from Latin in + regularis regular Date: 14th century 1. a. not being or acting in accord with laws, rules, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Marriage — For other uses, see Marriage (disambiguation). Married and Matrimony redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Common-law marriage — Family law Entering into marria … Wikipedia
Fleet Marriage — A Fleet Marriage is the best known example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 came into force on March 25th, 1754. Specifically, it was one which took place in London s Fleet Prison… … Wikipedia
Common-law marriage in the United States — was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Meister v. Moore (96 U.S. 76 (1877)), which ruled that Michigan had not abolished common law marriage merely by producing a statute establishing rules for the solemnization of marriages. Common… … Wikipedia
Banns of marriage — The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the banns or bans (from a Middle English word meaning proclamation, rooted in Old French[1]) are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two specified… … Wikipedia
Civil Marriage — • The municipal law deals with this status only as a civil institution Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Civil Marriage Civil Marriage … Catholic encyclopedia
