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• Marriage (conflict) — In conflict of laws, the issue of marriage has assumed increasing public policy significance in a world of increasing multi ethnic, multi cultural community existence.Public policyThe central political issue for each state is the choice between… …   Wikipedia

• Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines — A Filipino wedding held in December at the Manila Cathedral in the Philippines. Traditional marriage customs in the Philippines and Filipino wedding practices pertain to the characteristics of marriage and wedding traditions established and… …   Wikipedia

• marriage — noun 1 state of being married ADJECTIVE ▪ good, happy, successful ▪ broken, disastrous, failed, unhappy ▪ She was the child of a broken marriage …   Collocations dictionary

• Marriage of convenience — A marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience) is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic… …   Wikipedia

• marriage — n. 1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have children. 2 an act or ceremony establishing this union. 3 one particular union of this kind (by a previous marriage). 4 an intimate union (the marriage of true… …   Useful english dictionary

• related — related, cognate, kindred, allied, affiliated can all mean connected by or as if by close family ties. Related, when referred to persons, usually implies consanguinity, but sometimes implies connection by marriage {the royal families in Europe… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Marriage Act, 1961 (South Africa) — Marriage Act, 1961 Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the solemnization of marriages and matters incidental thereto. Citation Act No. 25 of 1961 Territor …   Wikipedia

• marriage — mar·riage / mar ij/ n 1: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2: the ceremony… …   Law dictionary

• Marriage in Pakistan — (Urdu: نكاح , عروس , شادی ,بیاہ ,عقد ,ازدواج) is a legal union between a man and a woman. Culturally, it is not only a link between the husband and wife, but also an alliance between their respective families. Because about 97% of Pakistan s… …   Wikipedia

• Marriage Equality California — Founder(s) L.J. Carusone, Michael Thurber, Jim DeLaHunt, Molly McKay, Davina Kotulski Type 501(c)(3) Founded 1998 …   Wikipedia

• related — [ri lāt′id] adj. 1. narrated; recounted; told 2. connected or associated, as by origin or kind; specif., connected by kinship, marriage, etc.; of the same family 3. Music closely connected melodically or harmonically: said of tones, chords, etc.… …   English World dictionary