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Definition of marriage licence in English: marriage licencenoun British A licence which couples must obtain before getting married, except in civil marriage by certificate or church marriage authorized by the publication of banns. Example sentencesExamples - The applicants in that case went to the High Court, by way of a test case, seeking a decision as to whether same-sex couples could lawfully obtain a marriage licence.
- But the Supreme Judicial Court stopped short of ordering that marriage licences be issued to seven gay couples who challenged the law.
- Danes under the age of 24 who want to marry non-nationals will have to meet set criteria before a marriage licence will be granted.
- One day David sneaks Nancy out of her boarding school to get a marriage licence at the local courthouse.
- Members of the public can't ask to look at the register, but they can get a copy of a marriage licence for £7 and the more details they have the better.
- Some churches fear their right to deny people a marriage licence will be stripped.
- The couple returned from their honeymoon to find their marriage licence wasn't completed and they weren't actually married.
- Inspired by talk of love and romance in the run up to Valentine's Day, they have decided to apply for a civil marriage licence.
- It said that denying marriage licences to same-sex couples violated anti-discrimination laws.
- She already had a marriage licence to marry Neal.
- The bogus bride who tried to marry Toby at York register office in a sham wedding, was fined £150 by York magistrates for lying under oath to get a marriage licence.
- Baptism, marriage licence, and the christening of his children aside, we know nothing of Shakespeare's life until September 1592, when Robert Greene attacked him in print.
- Lesbians and gays took the challenge to the Big Apple yesterday, with hundreds of couples lined up at city hall, demanding marriage licences.
- The three largest provinces in Canada are granting same-sex marriage licences.
- On 27 November 1582, the clerk noted in the Episcopal Register of the Diocese of Worcester the application for a special marriage licence inter Willelmum Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton.
- While genuine elopements are now rare, the local registry office, which charges £148 for a marriage licence, now injects around £500,000 a year into the local economy.
- She made the decision after hearing from five gay and lesbian couples who were denied marriage licences in the province.
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