marriage license

基本解釋

Today, however, possession of a marriage license tells us little about people’s interpersonal responsibilities.
然而如今，擁有一張結婚証書竝不能說明人們之間存在著多少的相互責任。
If a few instances define the standards, then just getting a marriage license in the United States should have a warning imprinted in gold.
如果幾個例子就對這些標準給出了定義，那麼在美國取得結婚執(zhí)照本該有嚴重警告。
Using the existence of a marriage license to determine when the state should protect interpersonal relationships is increasingly impractical.
國家若想用結婚証書來決定什麼時候應該保護人際之間的關系，這已經(jīng)越發(fā)的不切實際了。

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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Their lawsuit was filed six months later, after they went to the Alameda County courthouse for a marriage license and were predictably refused.
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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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