civil partnership

noun

1. a legal union or contract, similar to a marriage, between two people of the same sex

Example Sentences

We almost felt like celebrities - my BBC colleagues and newspaper reporters interviewed us while photographers asked us to pose alongside the 99 other couples here, tying the knot, renewing their vows or forming a civil partnership.

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One hundred couples have tied the knot, formed a civil partnership or renewed their vows at one of England's most popular wedding venues - all in one day.

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Prior to the new law, prisoners could make a formal application for marriage or a civil partnership and could only be refused by a prison governor on the grounds of security concerns.

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Serial killer Levi Bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership under a new law that stops the most serious offenders getting married in prison.

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It is understood he withdrew his marriage application in recent months and submitted a new one for a civil partnership.

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