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civil marriage

a marriage performed by a justice of the peace, judge, or similar official, not by a clergyman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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