domestic partnership

collocation in English

meaningsofdomesticandpartnership

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domestic
adjective
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/dəˈmes.tɪk/us
/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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partnership
noun
uk
/ˈpɑːt.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈpɑːrt.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the state of being ...
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(Definition ofdomesticandpartnershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Additionally, all related by descent, adoption, marriage ordomesticpartnershipto a person meeting one of the above criteria are eligible.
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A certified copy of the court order must be mailed with thedomesticpartnershipdeclaration form.
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This procedure is available when thedomesticpartnershiphas not been in force for more than five years.
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Domesticpartnershipbenefits vary widely, ranging from enumerated lists of benefits similar to municipal domestic partnerships to benefits equal to marriage.
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Couples in an existingdomesticpartnershipare not required to enter a civil union.
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However, in some cases single people are not interested in marriage,domesticpartnership, or other types of formal, committed relationships.
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One of the purposes ofdomesticpartnershiprelation is to recognize the contribution of one partner to the property of the other.
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Some legislatures have voluntarily establisheddomesticpartnershiprelations by statute instead of being ordered to do so by a court.
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Some private employers within such cities use thedomesticpartnershipregistries for the purpose of determining employee eligibility for domestic partner benefits.
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Domesticpartnershipis not a legal basis for one partners changing his or her surname.
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However, the terminology is still evolving; the exact level of rights and responsibilities ofdomesticpartnershipdepends on the particular law of a given jurisdiction.
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Some private employers usedomesticpartnershipregistrations for the purpose of determining employee eligibility for domestic partner benefits.
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If a couple wishes to establish a confidentialdomesticpartnership, both partners are required to share a common residence.
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In rare cases, a prenup may be enforceable even without a marriage, such as with adomesticpartnershipor registered partnership.
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The bill adopted the termdomesticpartnershipto describe these unions; the terms marriage or civil union were absent.
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Members of the clergy may be married, in adomesticpartnership, divorced, or widowed.
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He has also similarly foughtdomesticpartnershipbenefits.
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However, privatedomesticpartnershipcontracts agreements can be formed.
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This effort succeeded, however the referendum narrowly came out in favour of the bill to expand the rights afforded to those in adomesticpartnership.
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This referendum would have overturned the state's third and final expansion ofdomesticpartnershiplaw passed by the legislature earlier that year.
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