| 单词 | civil partnership |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil partnership civil partnership n. (a) a legal (business) partnership, spec. one established under civil law, as opposed to one established under commercial law; (b) a legally recognized relationship similar to but distinct from marriage, available in certain jurisdictions to homosexual couples who are prohibited from marrying, and sometimes also to heterosexual couples who do not wish to marry.Partnerships offering same-sex couples the same rights and responsibilities provided by civil marriage were instituted under this name in the United Kingdom by an Act of Parliament in 2004. Civil partnerships were subsequently extended to mixed-sex couples in the United Kingdom by the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Act 2019. ΚΠ 1840 H. Reeve tr. A. de Tocqueville Democracy in Amer. III. vii. 240 Men can embark in few civil partnerships without risking a portion of their possessions; this is the case with all manufacturing and trading companies. 1910 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 10 240 The artificial distinction between..‘commercial’ partnerships and ‘civil’ partnerships [in the Philippines]..is confusing. 1993 K. Waaldijk in K. Waaldijk & A. Clapham Homosexuality iii. 97 In 1990 a member of the French Senate proposed the introduction of a ‘contract of civil partnership’,..which would also be open to heterosexual couples. 1999 Arab Law Q. 14 235 Equity partnership agreements are undertaken within the context of the Iranian Commercial Code,..whereas civil partnerships..are formed within the context of the Iranian Civil Code. 1999 Africa News (Nexis) 23 Apr. The right of same-sex couples to form civil partnerships entailing the same rights and responsibilities as civil marriage. 2006 Guardian 3 June (Weekend Suppl.) 7/1 What about ‘ante-consortial contracts’ between same-sex couples about to register a civil partnership? < as lemmas |
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