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Definitions for marriage license
mar·riage li·cense

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. marriage license, marriage licence, wedding license, wedding licencenoun

    a license authorizing two people to marry

Wikipedia

  1. Marriage License

    Marriage License is an oil painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell created for the cover of the June 11, 1955 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It depicts a young man and woman filling out a marriage license application at a government building in front of a bored-looking clerk. The man is dressed in a tan suit and has his arm around his partner who is wearing a yellow dress. The room and its furnishings are dark while the couple is illuminated by the window beside them. The contrast between the couple and the clerk highlight two reoccurring themes in Rockwell's works: young love and ordinary life. Rockwell had a long history of using residents from the town he was living in as models for his work. The painting is based on reference photos taken of local shopkeeper Jason Braman, Stockbridge, Massachusetts native Joan Lahart, and her fiancé Francis Mahoney. Joan was suggested for the role by her sister Peggy, a nurse at the Austen Riggs Center where Mary Rockwell was receiving treatment. During his photo shoot, Braman was captured in a more natural and uninterested pose compared to the one envisioned by the artist. Rockwell liked it and used it for his painting instead. Since its appearance on The Saturday Evening Post, the painting has been praised by critics and is considered one of Rockwell's best works. It has been compared by commentators to the works of Johannes Vermeer due to Rockwell's use of light and dark. The painting is currently in the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum and has been a part of three major exhibitions: 1955, 1972, and 1999. In 2004, Mad magazine released If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 21st Century, a parody of Marriage License, by Richard Williams. The parody used the original work to explore how same-sex marriage challenges the meaning of marriage and the government's role.

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  1. marriage license

    A marriage license is a legal document issued by a government authority, typically a county or state, that grants a couple permission to get legally married. This document usually requires important personal details from the couple such as their full names, ages, addresses, etc. The couple must apply for this license before their wedding, and it must be signed by them, their witnesses, and the officiant during the ceremony and returned to the issuing office to be recorded. This legal record may have a certain validity period and its requirements may vary by jurisdictions.

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  1. Marriage license

    A marriage license or marriage licence is a document issued, either by a church or state authority, authorizing a couple to marry. The procedure for obtaining a license varies between countries and has changed over time. Marriage licenses began to be issued in the Middle Ages, to permit a marriage which would otherwise be illegal. Today, they are a legal requirement in some jurisdictions and may also serve as the record of the marriage itself, if signed by the couple and witnessed. In other jurisdictions, a license is not required. In some jurisdictions, a "pardon" can be obtained, for marrying without a license and in some jurisdictions, common-law marriages and marriage by cohabitation and representation are also recognized. These do not require a marriage license. There are also some jurisdictions where marriage licenses do not exist at all and a marriage certificate is given to the couple after the marriage ceremony did take place. Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that "Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses."

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of marriage license in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of marriage license in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of marriage license in a Sentence

  1. Bill de Blasio:

    It was imperative that we get the marriage license system up and running, we focused our resources on developing this part first.

  2. Jeff Goodman:

    We're kind of the guinea pigs walking through it, but we will issue a marriage license on Jan. 6, the question is whether it's going to be one or going to be multiples.

  3. Roger Gannam:

    She testified pretty clearly that she's never asked anyone about their marriage past before issuing a marriage license, her objection is calling a same-sex relationship a marriage.

  4. Mat Staver:

    The ACLU's motion to again hold Kim Davis in contempt reveals that their interest is not the license but rather a marriage license bearing the name of Kim Davis. They want her scalp to hang on the wall as a trophy.

  5. Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia:

    Rape is rape, and a marriage license is not an excuse for committing one of society’s most violent and sadistic crimes.

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