MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

By SovConn | June 2, 2013

marriage certificate.A document that is executed by the religious or civil official presiding at a marriage ceremony and filed with a public authority (usu. the county clerk) as evidence of the marriage. — Also termed certificate of marriage. Cf. MARRIAGE LICENSE. [Cases: Marriage 31.C.J.S. Marriage § 35.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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