Marriage Act

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Marriage Act may refer to a number of pieces of legislation:

• The Marriage Act, 1753 which abolished common-law marriage in England and Wales

• The Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage.

• The Marriage Act (1697), a penal law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would be considered legally Catholic. The married couple would have to live under the tough Catholic laws.

• The Defense of Marriage Act passed in the United States to limit Federal marriage recognition to male-female couplings and thus proscribe the possibility of Federal same-sex marriage in the United States

• The Affirmation of Marriage Act passed in Virginia

• The Civil Marriage Act passed in Canada explicitly permitting same-sex marriages.

[edit] See also

• Royal Marriages Act 1772
• Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907