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register office

British

noun

Often called: registry office. a government office where civil marriages are performed and births, marriages, and deaths are recorded

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The pair only met three times including when they went to the register office for the birth certificate.

From BBC ● May 15, 2023

One private house and two farm buildings were destroyed, while over 40 residential buildings, more than 24 commercial buildings, a college, a register office and electricity networks were damaged.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

It proposes blessings to be available after an official marriage or civil partnership at a register office, but will be up to individual clergy to decide whether or not they wish to lead it.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2021

We had not written our own vows, preferring instead the ones they give out at the register office; a laminated piece of paper passed from hand to hand.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2019

Obinze opened the door and stood aside for the others to go ahead, into the sterile hallway, where they paused to get their bearings, to be sure which way to go towards the register office.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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