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MARIAGE CONFIDENTIEL [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A marriage between a man and a woman in which only the two parties and the officiant are present at the ceremony.

CONT

Confidential marriages are neither witnessed nor recorded in public records. They are recorded in nonpublic records. Although rarely performed, they are generally legal. To obtain a confidential marriage, the parties must each be at least 18, must be of the opposite sex, and usu. must have lived together for an extended period. In ecclesiastical law, such a marriage is termed an occult marriage or, if performed in the strictest secrecy, a marriage of conscience.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Une variante du mariage normal, s'appelle le «mariage confidentiel». Comme son nom l'indique, rien ne sera publié sur les «registres publics».

Spanish

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