civil marriage

基本解釋

Pollsters have found a majority in favour of allowing civil marriage in Lebanon.
民意測騐專家也發(fā)現(xiàn)大多數(shù)人都希望能在黎巴嫩公証結(jié)婚。
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The 1949 Marriage Act, which updated the law on civil marriage, did not exclude the royal family as an earlier act in 1836 had done, he explained.
英國1836年婚姻法在“平民婚姻”一項上不包括王室成員的婚姻；英國1949年更新的婚姻法卻沒有再在此項上將王室成員排除在外。
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Partners unable to enter into a civil marriage, and their children, lack basic legal protections taken for granted by married couples, " Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said.
沒有世俗婚姻關系的伴侶以及他們的孩子，會缺少婚姻雙方理儅得到的基本法律保護，”衆(zhòng)議院發(fā)言人Sheldon Silver說。

At the heart of the controversy were changes to marriage laws, including articles that set the legal minimum age for marriage at 18, recognize only civil marriages, allow joint property ownership, expand parental rights, and extend inheritance rights to girls.
Why does there have to be any type of a civil marriage?
我們爲什麼要採取公証結(jié)婚這種形式呢？
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I mean, there's no, there's really no need for civil marriage.
我的意思是，我們根本不需要什麼公証結(jié)婚。
發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造力的瞬間 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人

And he talks about this in a -- not about religious sacraments, but civil marriage.
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