English Dictionary

Definition of “civil partnership”

civil partnership

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

It is unlikely that this case would have any bearing on the break-up of a long-term civil partnership.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

The civil partnership ceremony at register offices will give same-sex lovers similar rights as married couples.

Sun, News of the World (2005)

The government's civil partnership scheme, by contrast, institutionalises distrust.

Spiked (2003)

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