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civ·il union

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. civil unionnoun

    a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex

    "parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage"

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  1. civil unionnoun

    A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow similar rights to same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions opposite-sex couples, as partners in traditional marriages have.

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  1. Civil union

    A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage except child adoption and/or the title itself. Civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in several, mostly developed, countries in order to provide legal recognition of relationships formed by unmarried same-sex couples and to afford them rights, benefits, tax breaks, and responsibilities similar or identical to those of legally married couples. In 1989, Denmark was the first country to legalise civil unions, for same-sex couples; however most other developed democracies did not begin establishing civil unions until the 1990s or early 2000s, often developing them from less formal domestic partnerships. While civil unions are often established for both opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples, in a number of countries they are available to same-sex couples only. In Brazil, civil unions were first created for opposite-sex couples in 2002, and then expanded to include same-sex couples through a supreme court ruling in 2011. In the majority of countries that established same-sex civil unions, they have since been either supplemented or replaced by same-sex marriage. Civil unions are viewed by LGBT rights campaigners as a "first step" towards establishing same-sex marriage, as civil unions are viewed by supporters of LGBT rights as a "separate but equal" or "second class" status. Many jurisdictions with civil unions recognize foreign unions if those are essentially equivalent to their own; for example, the United Kingdom lists equivalent unions in the Civil Partnership Act 2004 Schedule 20. The marriages of same-sex couples performed abroad may be recognized as civil unions in jurisdictions that only have the latter.

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  1. civil union

    A civil union is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, established by law in some jurisdictions, which provides a couple with rights and responsibilities similar to those of a marriage. Such relationships may involve same-sex or opposite-sex couples, and they offer legal protections and benefits like those offered to married couples, in areas such as taxation, healthcare, and estate planning. Yet, unlike marriage, a civil union is not universally recognized and may not confer specific federal benefits or responsibilities.

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  1. Civil union

    Civil union, also referred to as civil partnership or registered partnership, is a legally recognized form of partnership similar to marriage. Beginning with Denmark in 1989, civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in several, mostly developed, countries in order to provide legal recognition of relationships formed by unmarried same-sex couples and to afford them rights, benefits, and responsibilities similar to those of legally married couples. In some jurisdictions of Brazil, New Zealand, Uruguay, Ecuador, France and the U.S. states of Colorado, Hawaii and Illinois, civil unions are also open to opposite-sex couples. Many countries with civil unions recognize foreign unions if those are essentially equivalent to their own; for example, the United Kingdom lists equivalent unions in Civil Partnership Act Schedule 20. In several countries, civil unions for same-sex partners have been superseded by same-sex marriage.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of civil union in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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    The numerical value of civil union in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of civil union in a Sentence

  1. The Pope:

    Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They're children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it, what we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered.

  2. Juan Carlos Martinez:

    We are here more than anything for a symbolic marriage, it is like a protest to the Peruvian state because it is really time for the country to have a civil union marriage which we, as Peruvians, really deserve and have the right to receive.


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