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Civil union

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001002

A legal status that provides many of the same rights, benefits, and responsibilities to same-sex couples as marriage, but without the designation of marriage itself. It was often created as an alternative to marriage for same-sex couples before marriage equality became widespread. The legal recognition and scope of civil unions vary by jurisdiction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001002
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001002",
  "term": "Civil union",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal status that provides many of the same rights, benefits, and responsibilities to same-sex couples as marriage, but without the designation of marriage itself. It was often created as an alternative to marriage for same-sex couples before marriage equality became widespread. The legal recognition and scope of civil unions vary by jurisdiction.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/civil-union/"
}

Record 826 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.