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civil partnership

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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British law compelled the couple to divorce after Morris’s operation, but they remained together and eventually entered into a civil partnership in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Michael Conlon, from Belfast, lived in the Republic of Ireland at the time of the referendum and was in a civil partnership with his now husband, Ger.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

"I had always assumed civil partnership was pretty much it. You got all the rights as marriage and it turns out, in the south, that wasn't the case," he said.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Bellfield recently submitted an application for a civil partnership, which is believed to have prompted the government to authorise the restriction from Friday.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

That was the year that several draft bills for marriage equality or civil partnership were introduced in Parliament.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

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