Marriage became a civil contract, although no provision for divorce was authorized.

He rejects the notion that sovereignty in any way resembles property, and makes even marriage a matter of civil contract.

This municipal service, he explained, was part of the "civil contract" that urban Democrats offered.

It is a civil contract, and also an economic partnership.

"Well, it was a civil contract between a man and a woman usually sealed by a religious ceremony."

The commission said the civil contracts handed to Agusta did not meet these criteria.

They declared births and deaths as a civil contract with the state.

Marriage is a psychological condition, not a civil contract and a licence.

John Seldon once suggested that marriage is nothing but a civil contract.