Civil marriage

Edmund Leighton, The Wedding Register.

A civil marriage is a marriage performed, recorded, and recognized by a government official.[1] Such a marriage may be performed by a religious body and recognized by the state, or it may be entirely secular.

  1. ^ "Civil Marriage Definition". Marriage.about.com. 2012-04-10. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-24.