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  • 21Marriage in Northern Ireland — Lining up for a traditional wedding photograph Marriage in Northern Ireland is legally defined as between a man and a woman. Civil partnerships became available to same sex couples in December 2005 and grant rights and responsibilities identical… …

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  • 22Marriage officiant — A marriage officiant is a person who officiates at a wedding ceremony. Contents 1 Civil 2 By country 2.1 United States 2.2 Scotland 2.3 …

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  • 23marriage — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, Gretna Green wedding, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, articulation, assimilation, association, banns, blend, blending, bond, bracketing,… …

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  • 24Common-law marriage — Family law Entering into marria …

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  • 25Banns 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… …

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  • 26Civil marriage — A civil marriage in 19th century Switzerland. (Albert Anker, 1887) Civil marriage is marriage performed by a government official and not a religious organization. Contents 1 …

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  • 27Arranged marriage — For the television series, see Arranged Marriage (TV series). For the short film, see Arranged Marriage (film). Marriage à la mode by William Hogarth: a satire on arranged marriages and prediction of ensuing disaster An arranged marriage is a… …

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  • 28Fleet 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… …

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  • 29Persian marriage — Persian wedding traditions, despite its local and regional variations, like many other rituals in Persia goes back to the ancient Zoroastrian tradition.[citation needed] Though the concepts and theory of the marriage have changed drastically by… …

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  • 30Elopement (marriage) — To elope, most literally, merely means to run away. [Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/elope] More specifically, elopement is often used to refer to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion,… …

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