marriage license
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈmɛrɪdʒ ˈlaɪsəns/
- Formal
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licencia de matrimonio
- To get married, you need to apply for a marriage license at the local government office.
- issue marriage licenses
- marriage licenses for same-sex couples
- marriage licenses for couples
If you went to get a marriage license, you you were denied.
- If you went to get a marriage license, you you were denied.
- When they surveyed a bunch of men after leaving the getting their marriage license and they asked them why did you marry this woman?
- There was, there's a book that it's based on serving people who come out of getting their marriage license.
- And we'll head down and greet the family for our official marriage signing and our dinner, which we have the marriage license here ready to go.
- Her family trees, her marriage licenses and her death records and wills and stories written down about the Lacorns and their people.
- We had gotten a virtual marriage license earlier that morning while I was in the OR getting prepped for a port to be implanted into my chest.
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Both parties must be present to obtain a marriage license in person.
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I suppose we should go straight and get the marriage license, my dear.
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And on the application, it says where you want the marriage license to be sent to.
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Oh, we're getting our application for our marriage license.
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Do you have a marriage license?
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Okay, first you have to get your marriage license, so you have to fill these out.
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A Washington State marriage license can only be used to get married within the state.
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Under no circumstances may a person apply for a marriage license before they are divorced.
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Simply applying for and obtaining a marriage license does not make you married.
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This mornin' after the parade, he dragged me down to the city hall and bought us a marriage license.
Synonyms
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An official paper that allows two people to marry
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'marriage' names the union and 'license' denotes official permission, so together they denote official permission to marry. This noun+noun pattern and the concept of an official document are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Marriage license joins marriage and license, where license means a written 'permission' from an official. In the past, a church or court could give a 'license' so a couple could marry without the usual public announcements, so today marriage license is the official document that legally allows a wedding.