état civil — meaning in English
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English meaning
- marital status noun A person's legal position with regard to marriage, recorded on official forms as single, married, in a civil partnership, separated, divorced or widowed.
Senses
état civil is used for these senses in English:
- civil registry A government repository, database recording the vital events (births, deaths, etc.) of its citizens and residents, its office.
- marital status One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.
- register office (UK, Irish) The local office in which births, marriages and deaths are registered, and in which civil marriages are conducted and recorded.