marriage license

基本解释

Today, however, possession of a marriage license tells us little about people’s interpersonal responsibilities.
然而如今，拥有一张结婚证书并不能说明人们之间存在着多少的相互责任。
If a few instances define the standards, then just getting a marriage license in the United States should have a warning imprinted in gold.
如果几个例子就对这些标准给出了定义，那么在美国取得结婚执照本该有严重警告。
Using the existence of a marriage license to determine when the state should protect interpersonal relationships is increasingly impractical.
国家若想用结婚证书来决定什么时候应该保护人际之间的关系，这已经越发的不切实际了。

Under the law they have to wait three days before the court will issue them a marriage license.

One day, she went down to City Hall and got a marriage license.
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For so many domestic violence victims worldwide, a marriage license can result in a death warrant when the victim plans to end the violence.
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