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  2. Marriage certificate - Wikipedia

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    A marriage certificate is given to a couple who have married. Until the introduction of electronic registration of marriages in May 2021, copies were made in two registers: one was retained by the church or register office; the other, when the entire register is full, was sent to the superintendent registrar of the registration district.

  3. Civil marriage - Wikipedia

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    Civil marriages require a certificate and at times a license, that testify that the couple is fit for marriage. A short time after they are approved in the superintendent registrar's office, a short non-religious ceremony takes place which the registrar, the couple, and two witnesses must attend; guests may also be present.

  4. Marriage bond - Wikipedia

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    1836 marriage bond of Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. A marriage bond was a type of surety bond guaranteeing that two people were legally available to marry each other, free of complications like being legally underage, [1] having too close a genetic relationship, [1] having other extant marriages, etc. [2] A marriage bond is legally distinct from a marriage license or a marriage ...

  5. Vital record - Wikipedia

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    Austrian marriage license (duplicate) from 1854. Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates.

  6. Marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Marriage Certificate issued in the US in 1877. The marriage between Luisa de Abrego, a free black domestic servant from Seville and Miguel Rodríguez, a white Segovian conquistador in 1565 in St. Augustine (Spanish Florida), is the first known and recorded Christian marriage anywhere in what is now the continental United States.

  7. Certified copy - Wikipedia

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    Exemplified certified copy of Decree Absolute issued by the Family Court Deputy District Judge – divorce certificate. A certified copy is a copy (often a photocopy) of a primary document that has on it an endorsement or certificate that it is a true copy of the primary document. It does not certify that the primary document is genuine, only ...

  8. Civil registration - Wikipedia

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    Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events (births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents.The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in different subnational jurisdictions.

  9. Marriage law - Wikipedia

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    Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries in terms of what can and cannot be legally recognized by the state.