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    Marriage is available in England and Wales to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples and is legally recognised in the forms of both civil and religious...
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  • same-sex marriage. Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 2013 and took effect...
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    In England and Wales, divorce is allowed under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 on the ground that the marriage has irretrievably broken...
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    Ireland in 2013. Same-sex marriage was legalised in England and Wales, and Scotland in 2014, and in Northern Ireland in 2020. In ILGA-Europe's 2015 review...
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    are not universal to marriage and not necessary in most legal jurisdictions. They are not even universal within Christian marriage, as Eastern Christians...
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  • same-sex marriage in England and Wales in March 2014, civil partnerships remained available to same-sex couples and granted those couples in a civil partnership...
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    consultation in March 2012 on how to introduce civil marriage for same sex couples in England and Wales. The consultation closed in June 2012 and, in December...
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  • A marriage settlement in England and Wales was a historical arrangement whereby, most commonly and in its simplest form, a trust of land or other assets...
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    Hardwicke's Marriage Act (26 Geo. 2. c. 33), was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. It came into...
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    religious marriages could not be performed until the couple had first married in a civil ceremony. Today marriages in England or Wales must be held in authorized...
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    The Marriage Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating marriages in England and Wales. The Act...
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    Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (category Divorce law in the United Kingdom)
    and marriage in England and Wales. The act contains four parts: Divorce, Nullity and Other Matrimonial Suits Financial Relief for Parties to Marriage...
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    Silent Generation (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    first marriage in England and Wales fell reaching its lowest level in more than a hundred years by the late 1960s of 27.2 and 24.7 years for men and women...
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  • England and Wales. Marriage law and practice in Scotland differs from that in England and Wales. Historically, it was always considered legal and binding...
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    The Catholic Church in England and Wales (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica in Anglia et Cambria; Welsh: Yr Eglwys Gatholig yng Nghymru a Lloegr) is part of the...
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  • consequences of forming a marriage or civil partnership in England and Wales. For the purposes of capital gains tax, a married couple and civil partners can...
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  • Marriage in the United Kingdom has different laws and procedures in the different countries. For details see: Marriage in England and Wales Marriage in...
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  • The Courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible...
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    Wales eloping to Scotland to marry at border towns such as Gretna Green was due to England, at the time, having much higher minimum ages for marriage...
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    Tim Montgomerie (category People associated with the Bank of England)
    pledges on tax cuts. He supported the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales arguing that it was a way to strengthen the institution more...
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  • a marriage certificate obtained in England or Wales is sufficient evidence for getting the name changed on a British passport, bank accounts, and other...
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    A Fleet marriage was a common example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 came into force on...
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  • Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Since October 2021, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have served as the party's co-leaders...
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    marriage in what is now England and Wales from 30 June 1837. Since the Marriage Act 1753, the only legally recognised marriages in England and Wales had...
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    adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths in England and Wales and for those same events outside the UK if they involve a UK citizen and qualify...
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    Festivals in the United Kingdom Gambling in the United Kingdom British humour Marriage in the United Kingdom Marriage in England and Wales Marriage in Northern...
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  • John McCarthy (journalist) (category People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College)
    ceremony for the "I Do To Equal Marriage" event which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Toksvig renewed her vows to...
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    the Wayback Machine Haskey, J., Marriages in 'approved premises' in England and Wales: the impact of the 1994 Marriage Act, Population Trends, Autumn 1998...
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    Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 27 November 2022. "Thousands help comedian Sandi Toksvig renew vows after introduction of gay marriage". The Herald...
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    of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She was Princess of Wales while...
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